Internet Archive — What It Is and How to Handle It

The Internet Archive bot, also known as archive.org_bot, is the web crawler for the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It systematically crawls and preserves publicly accessible web pages for historical record.

Operator: Internet Archive | Type: Archiver | Category: Archiver

Internet Archive is classified as archiver. Use Centinel to monitor its behavior and decide whether to allow, block, challenge, or monetize its access to your content.

Centinel automatically detects Internet Archive using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.