What type of a Firewall is offered by SiteLock and how to set it up?

SiteLock offers a basic firewall to help block bot traffic which may harm the website. On logging into the SiteLock Dashboard, you can see a graph of your website's traffic which reports human visits and bot visits.

To use SiteLock's Firewall, you need to add an A record to your domain name in order to point to SiteLock's servers where the Firewall is installed. This way, all traffic coming to the website is routed through the Firewall.

How is traffic routed back to the website after going through the Firewall?

You are required to specify the IP address of your website in the SiteLock Panel so that after routing your traffic through the Firewall, SiteLock can divert it back to your website.

Can I configure the Firewall?

The Firewall is pre-configured, and no options are available within the SiteLock Panel to manage it. However, in the higher end Plans, users can configure certain aspects of the Firewall.

Will SiteLock's Firewall block bots of search engines also?

Search engines use spiders to crawl and index websites. SiteLock's Firewall can distinguish good bots from bad bots and hence will not block search engines from indexing the site.