diff --git a/doc/Installation.md b/doc/Installation.md index f5c508bf..b1cb7074 100644 --- a/doc/Installation.md +++ b/doc/Installation.md @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ file is divided into multiple sections, which are enclosed in square brackets. In the `[main]` section you can enable or disable the discussion feature, set the limit of stored pastes and comments in bytes. The `[traffic]` section lets -you set a time limit in seconds. Users may not post more often then this limit +you set a time limit in seconds. Users may not post more often than this limit to your PrivateBin installation. More details can be found in the @@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ More details can be found in the ### Web server configuration -A `robots.txt` file is provided in the root dir of PrivateBin. It requests bots to -not access (and potentially burn) your pastes. It is recommend to place it into the -root of your web directory if you have installed PrivateBin in a subdirectory. -Make sure to adjust it, so that the file paths match your installation. -Of course also adjust the file, if you already use a `robots.txt`. -More bot detection is implemented in JavaScript, but note none of these mechanisms is a -100% fail-safe way to prevent non-human visitors on your site. +A `robots.txt` file is provided in the root dir of PrivateBin. It requests search +engines to not index your site so the paste keys are not leaked. It is recommended +to place it into the root of your web directory if you have installed PrivateBin +in a subdirectory. Make sure to adjust it, so that the file paths match your +installation. Of course you can also adjust an existing `robots.txt` file. More +bot detection is implemented in JavaScript, but note none of these mechanisms is +a 100% fail-safe way to prevent non-human visitors on your site. A `.htaccess.disabled` file is provided in the root dir of PrivateBin. It blocks some known robots and link-scanning bots. If you use Apache, you can rename the