Bot and DDoS Detection Without CAPTCHAs or Payload Inspection
Traditional security tools detect attacks too late in the request lifecycle, after TLS termination and parsing have consumed resources. Behavioral analysis at ingress could filter hostile traffic before it impacts legitimate users, without requiring CAPTCHAs.
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