research – notes from the gate
What we see at the gate.
Bots, attacks, AI crawlers and the occasional strange thing, from the traffic of the sites we protect. Combined so no site or visitor can be identified.
2 articles
- Six bots against our demo: what got through We sent six scripted visitors to our own demo site, from a plain script to a convincing Chrome lookalike. Three were blocked, two were checked and one got through. Here is why each one ended where it did. 3 min read
- The state of bot detection: what the research says A synthesis of recent public research on telling people from automated traffic: what TLS fingerprints, browser checks, challenges and IP signals can and cannot do, with every source cited. 5 min read