Laravel .htaccess with Security & Optimisation

.htaccess

# Directory Listing
Options -Indexes

<IfModule mod_security.c>
    # Server Information Disclosure
    ServerTokens Prod
    ServerSignature Off
    SecServerSignature " "
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # X-Frame-Options header missing
    Header append X-FRAME-OPTIONS "SAMEORIGIN"

    # XSS Protection Not Enabled
    Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"

    # Missing X-Content-Type-Options is not specified
    Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Force HTTPS
    # Use this if you are not behind any proxies
    # RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
    # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

    ## Block bad bots
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:[email protected] [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HTTrack [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus
    RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L]

    # TRACE method enabled
    # Forbid access to all URIs for http TRACE, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE and PATCH requests
    # Disable only TRACE, due to behaviour of Laravel need to handle normal CRUD Operation
    # OPTIONS is enabled as well due to when mobile application consume API, it will call
    # OPTIONS method first, before calling the GET / POST / PUT method.
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE)
    RewriteRule .* - [F]

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive On

  # Images
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/vnd.microsoft.icon "access plus 1 year"

  # Video
  ExpiresByType video/mp4 "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType video/mpeg "access plus 1 year"

  # CSS, JavaScript
  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"

  # Others
  ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 1 month"
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  # Compress HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Text, XML and fonts
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/otf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/ttf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml

  # Remove browser bugs (only needed for really old browsers)
  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
  BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
  Header append Vary User-Agent
</IfModule>