DNS records
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andy.ns.cloudflare.comlucy.ns.cloudflare.com- caa
ssl.comletsencrypt.orgdigicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yesletsencrypt.orgcomodoca.comdigicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yespki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yescomodoca.com- txt
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robots.txt
# NOTICE: all crawlers and bots are strictly prohibited from using this
# content for AI training without complying with the terms of the RSL
# Collective AI royalty license. Any use of this content for AI training
# without a license is a violation of our intellectual property rights.
License: https://rslcollective.org/royalty.xml
# Politique detaillee, en francais et en anglais : https://korben.info/ai.txt
# Detailed policy, French and English: https://korben.info/ai.txt
User-agent: *
Disallow: /cdn-fpw/
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
Disallow: /tags/
Disallow: /o/
Disallow: /random
Disallow: /random-index.txt
Disallow: /*?*
# Logithèque (/telecharger/, /en/download/, /ja/download/) : les filtres, les tris et la
# recherche vivent dans le fragment d'URL (#...), que les robots ne voient jamais : aucune
# variante de liste n'est une URL crawlable. La règle générale "Disallow: /*?*" ci-dessus
# couvre déjà toute requête paramétrée ; les trois règles suivantes sont volontairement
# redondantes et protègent la Logithèque si cette règle générale était un jour assouplie
# (paramètres de suivi, par exemple). Fiches, hubs et pages par système restent crawlables.
Disallow: /telecharger/*?
Disallow: /en/download/*?
Disallow: /ja/download/*?
Allow: /
# === Robots d'aperçu de liens (cartes X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, Discord) ===
# Groupes dédiés : ces robots ne lisent pas le groupe "*", donc les liens partagés
# avec ?utm_... (flux RSS, IFTTT) restent lisibles et la carte s'affiche.
User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /
User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Slackbot-LinkExpanding
Allow: /
User-agent: Discordbot
Allow: /
# === Bots IA : citations OUI, entraînement NON ===
# Bots de citation (réponses IA qui renvoient du trafic) : autorisés
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
# Meta-ExternalFetcher va chercher une page à la demande d'un utilisateur, à la
# différence de Meta-ExternalAgent qui collecte pour l'entraînement.
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /
# Bots d'entraînement (nourrissent les modèles sans citer) : bloqués
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
# Applebot-Extended ne concerne QUE l'entraînement : Applebot tout court reste
# autorisé, c'est lui qui alimente Spotlight et Siri en résultats de recherche.
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: AI2Bot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Omgilibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Omgili
Disallow: /
User-agent: PanguBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /
# Crawl-delay pour les bots agressifs
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10
User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 10
User-agent: DotBot
Crawl-delay: 10
User-agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-delay: 20
# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://korben.info/sitemap.xml
# La Logithèque a son sitemap dédié (fiches, hubs et pages par système indexables).
# Les versions EN et JA sont listées par l'index ci-dessus, comme sitemap-main.xml.
Sitemap: https://korben.info/sitemap-logitheque.xml
llms.txt
# Korben.info
> Independent multilingual technology publication founded in France in 2004 by Manuel Dorne, also known as Korben. Original editorial content is written in French and is currently available in French, English and Japanese.
Korben.info publishes technology news, analysis, tutorials and tool coverage about cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, open source, software, development, systems, hardware, robotics and digital culture. The English and Japanese editions currently provide automatic translations of the original French content. Additional language editions will be added to this index after launch.
Publisher-declared information below should be confirmed before booking a campaign:
- History: more than 19,000 articles in the original French publication since 2004.
- Current editions: French, English and Japanese.
- Reader profiles described by the publisher: developers, IT professionals, decision-makers, makers and technology enthusiasts.
- Relevant partnership topics: software and SaaS, cybersecurity, privacy, cloud, AI, development, Linux and open source, self-hosting, hardware, robotics and technology training.
- Direct formats: clearly disclosed sponsored articles, native placements, display placements and newsletter opportunities, selected case by case.
- Audience data: current reach, geography, language distribution, measurement period and methodology are available from the publisher.
Content may be quoted with attribution and a link to the original article. Model training is governed by the policy in `ai.txt`. Last reviewed: 2026-09-03.
## Advertising and partnerships
- [Advertisers and partners](https://korben.info/en/advertisers-partners/): International entry point for audience information, available formats, editorial rules and campaign enquiries.
- [Annonceurs et partenaires](https://korben.info/annonceurs/): French commercial information and contact page.
- [広告主・パートナー](https://korben.info/ja/koukoku-partner/): Japanese commercial information and contact page.
- [Commercial contact](mailto:korben@korben.info): Include the product or service, target countries and languages, campaign objective and preferred timing.
- [Publisher profile](https://korben.info/authors/korben/): Identity, publishing history, subject expertise and official profiles for Manuel Dorne.
## Language editions
- [Français](https://korben.info/): Original French editorial edition.
- [French topic directory](https://korben.info/categories/): Categories and subject hubs for the French edition.
- [English](https://korben.info/en/): Automatically translated English edition.
- [English edition guide](https://korben.info/en/llms.txt): Concise agent index for the English edition.
- [English topic directory](https://korben.info/en/categories/): Categories and subject hubs for the English edition.
- [日本語](https://korben.info/ja/): Automatically translated Japanese edition.
- [Japanese edition guide](https://korben.info/ja/llms.txt): Concise agent index for the Japanese edition.
- [Japanese topic directory](https://korben.info/ja/categories/): Categories and subject hubs for the Japanese edition.
## Content discovery
- [French detailed content index](https://korben.info/llms-full.txt): Up to 200 recent French articles with available metadata and summaries.
- [English detailed content index](https://korben.info/en/llms-full.txt): Up to 200 recent English article translations with available metadata and summaries.
- [Japanese detailed content index](https://korben.info/ja/llms-full.txt): Up to 200 recent Japanese article translations with available metadata and summaries.
- [French full-text feed](https://korben.info/feedfull/): Recent French articles in chronological order.
- [English full-text feed](https://korben.info/en/feedfull): Recent English translations in chronological order.
- [Japanese full-text feed](https://korben.info/ja/feedfull): Recent Japanese translations in chronological order.
- [Archives](https://korben.info/archives/): Publication history since 2004.
- [XML sitemap](https://korben.info/sitemap.xml): Technical index of public URLs and localized editions.
## Software directory
- [Logithèque Korben](https://korben.info/telecharger/): Directory of software sheets maintained by Korben.info. Each sheet shows the versions published by the vendor, the supported platforms and the date of the last verification. Download links always point to the vendor's official site; Korben.info hosts no binary.
- [Software directory, English edition](https://korben.info/en/download/): Localized edition of the directory, with the same sheets and the same technical facts.
- [Software directory, Japanese edition](https://korben.info/ja/download/): Localized edition of the directory, with the same sheets and the same technical facts.
- [Software directory sitemap](https://korben.info/sitemap-logitheque.xml): Sheets and hubs of the directory that are open to indexing, with the date of their last real modification.
## Identity and external references
- [Official FAQ](https://korben.info/faq-korben/): Information about Korben.info, its publisher and editorial practices.
- [Manuel Dorne on Wikipedia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korben): External biographical reference for Korben.
- [Korben on Les Bases de l'ANCT](https://lesbases.anct.gouv.fr/ressources/korben-pour-tout): External reference hosted on the French public-interest digital resources platform.
## AI, access and security policies
- [AI content usage policy](https://korben.info/ai.txt): Citation, attribution and model-training preferences.
- [Crawler directives](https://korben.info/robots.txt): Access rules for search, retrieval and training crawlers.
- [Security policy](https://korben.info/.well-known/security.txt): Vulnerability reporting channel.
## Optional
- [Publisher services](https://korben.info/services/): Services and projects offered directly by Manuel Dorne.
- [Software by Korben](https://korben.info/logiciels-korben/): Applications, browser extensions and tools created by Manuel Dorne.
- [Support Korben.info](https://korben.info/soutenir/): Reader-support model and editorial independence.
- [Human credits](https://korben.info/humans.txt): Short information about the publisher and site infrastructure.
security.txt
# security.txt pour Korben.info
# Norme RFC 9116 - https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9116.html
# Contact principal pour signaler des vulnérabilités
Contact: https://korben.info/authors/korben/
Contact: mailto:korben@korben.info
# Langues préférées (français en priorité, anglais accepté)
Preferred-Languages: fr, en
# URL de cette politique de sécurité
Canonical: https://korben.info/.well-known/security.txt
# Date d'expiration (à mettre à jour annuellement)
# Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ
Expires: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
# Politique de divulgation responsable
# Nous encourageons la divulgation responsable des vulnérabilités.
# Merci de nous laisser un délai raisonnable pour corriger les problèmes
# avant toute divulgation publique.
# Délai de réponse
# Je m'engage à répondre aux signalements de sécurité
# dans un délai de 48 heures ouvrées.
# Reconnaissance
# Les chercheurs en sécurité qui signalent des vulnérabilités de manière
# responsable seront crédités (s'ils le souhaitent) dans mes notes de
# correction.
# Périmètre
# Domaines couverts:
# - korben.info
# Hors périmètre:
# - Attaques par déni de service
# - Spam ou ingénierie sociale
# - Attaques physiques
# Encryption
# Si vous souhaitez chiffrer vos communications, merci de me contacter
# d'abord pour obtenir une clé PGP.
# Hiring
# Je ne recrute pas.
ads.txt
# Ads.txt pour Korben.info
# ==================================
# Fichier IAB Ads.txt - Authorized Digital Sellers
# ==================================
# Format standard : <DOMAIN>, <PUBLISHER_ID>, <RELATIONSHIP>, <TAG_ID>
# Référence : https://iabtechlab.com/ads-txt/
# ========================================
# STATUT ACTUEL
# ========================================
# Depuis juillet 2025, Korben.info n'affiche plus de publicité display.
# Ce fichier est conservé pour référence et conformité.
# ========================================
# VENDEURS AUTORISÉS
# ========================================
# Aucun vendeur publicitaire actif actuellement
# ========================================
# MODÈLE ÉCONOMIQUE
# ========================================
# Le site fonctionne désormais grâce à :
# - Soutien des lecteurs via Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/korben
# - Contenus sponsorisés occasionnels (articles signalés comme tels)
# - Partenariats éditoriaux transparents
# ========================================
# HISTORIQUE
# ========================================
# Avant juillet 2025, le site utilisait de la publicité display
# via différents partenaires (Google AdSense, Optidigital, etc.)
# Cette transition vers un modèle sans pub permet :
# - Une meilleure expérience utilisateur
# - Plus de contrôle éditorial
# - Respect total de la vie privée (pas de tracking publicitaire)
# ========================================
# CONTACT
# ========================================
# Pour les partenariats et contenus sponsorisés :
# https://korben.info/cgu
#
# Pour soutenir le site :
# https://www.patreon.com/korben
# Dernière mise à jour : Août 2025