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About Bot Fight Mode:
A BirthdayWeek 2019 Announcement:
Cleaning up bad bots (and the climate)
How to enable Bot Fight Mode:
You can enable Bot Fight Mode in the Firewall > Settings area of your Cloudflare Dashboard:
Useful Links:
Community Tip - Bot Fight Mode
Expert Tip - Bot Management & Bot Fight Mode
Global enable Bot Fight Mode? - #2 by sandro
Tutorial Reference: CT-25
Reviewed: 08/21
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