Qualys SSL Scanner

What is Qualys SSL Scanner?

About

Qualys SSL Scanner is a developer helper operated by Qualys. If you think this is incorrect or can provide additional detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often Qualys SSL Scanner visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.

Expected Behavior

Developer helpers generally visit websites on direct behalf of a user who is evaluating some feature or attribute. Visits can be one-off or part of a larger crawl.

Type

Developer Helper

Used by developers to test website functionality

Detail

Operated By	Qualys
Last Updated	14 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

0% of top websites are blocking Qualys SSL Scanner

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Country of Origin

Unknown

Qualys SSL Scanner has no known country of origin

Global Traffic

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The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Developer Helpers

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Robots.txt

Should I Block Qualys SSL Scanner?

Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.

How Do I Block Qualys SSL Scanner?

⚠️ Manual Robots.txt Edits Are Not Scalable

New agents are created every day. Instead, serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks new agents automatically.

Set Up Automatic Robots.txt

You can block Qualys SSL Scanner or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.

# robots.txt
# This should block Qualys SSL Scanner

User-agent: Qualys SSL Scanner
Disallow: /