Q:

Block rss in Magento

I need to block this URL: https://example.com/rss/catalog/notifystock/ on my site.
I wrote following code to block:
RewriteRule ^(index.php/?)?rss/ - [L,R=403]

but its block the following URL: https://example.com/index.php/rss/catalog/notifystock/
It has not blocked this URL: https://example.com/rss/catalog/notifystock/ 
Can anyone Please help 

A:

Try and use this rule instead:
RewriteRule rss - [F]

What that should do is block access to any page that has rss in its URL. You could also use:
<FilesMatch "rss$">
    order allow,deny
    deny from all
</FilesMatch>

So if a file matches rss, then it will deny access to everyone. However, if you're using Apache 2.4, then it would be:
<FilesMatch "rss$">
    Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

