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Interview question · Application & API Security

How does bot management decide a request is automated, and how would you protect a login or checkout from bots?

A bot can send exactly the headers a browser sends. It is much harder for it to send the same TLS handshake, run the same JavaScript and behave like a person. Bot management stacks those differences.

mediumNewPreparation tags: Cloudflare, Amazon, ShopifyUpdated Nov 2026

A bot can send exactly the headers a browser sends. It is much harder for it to send the same TLS handshake, run the same JavaScript and behave like a person. Bot management stacks those differences.

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A retailer's login endpoint receives two million attempts a day from a credential-stuffing campaign spread across residential proxies, and a limited-edition product launch next week is expected to attract scalping bots.

  1. Why do IP blocks not stop the stuffing?
  2. What do you change on the login endpoint?
  3. How do you protect the launch from scalpers?
  4. What is the overall bot defence design?

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