21Forward proxies, reverse proxies and WAFs: how each works, which headers you can trust behind them, and how WAFs get bypassed.▼mediumNewGoogleAmazonMicrosoft◆ premiumPut a proxy in front of an app and two new questions appear: who is the real client, and does the proxy read the request the same way the app does?Open full answer →
44How does bot management decide a request is automated, and how would you protect a login or checkout from bots?▼mediumNewCloudflareAmazonShopify◆ premiumA 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.Open full answer →