Bot Defense

Bot defense architecture diagrams covering detection pipelines, credential stuffing mitigation, client-side defense, and F5 Distributed Cloud bot management capabilities.

Bot Detection Pipeline

Multi-stage bot detection pipeline with JavaScript challenge, behavioral analysis, and fingerprinting before allowing access.

flowchart LR
  req@{ icon: 'lucide:globe', label: 'Incoming Request' }
  js@{ icon: 'lucide:bot', label: 'JS Challenge' }
  fp@{ icon: 'lucide:shield-check', label: 'Fingerprinting' }
  behavior@{ icon: 'carbon:application', label: 'Behavior Analysis' }
  decision@{ icon: 'carbon:gateway-security', label: 'Decision Engine' }
  allow@{ icon: 'carbon:application', label: 'Application' }
  block@{ icon: 'lucide:shield', label: 'Block/Challenge' }

  req --> js
  js --> fp
  fp --> behavior
  behavior --> decision
  decision -->|Human| allow
  decision -->|Bot| block

F5 XC Bot Defense and Client-Side Defense

F5 Distributed Cloud integrated bot defense with client-side protection for credential stuffing and account takeover prevention.

flowchart TD
  user@{ icon: 'lucide:user', label: 'End Users' }
  attacker@{ icon: 'lucide:bot', label: 'Bot Attackers' }
  csd@{ icon: 'f5xc:client-side-defense', label: 'Client-Side Defense' }
  botdef@{ icon: 'f5xc:bot-defense', label: 'Bot Defense' }
  waap@{ icon: 'f5xc:web-app-and-api-protection', label: 'WAAP' }
  app@{ icon: 'carbon:application', label: 'Application' }

  user --> csd
  attacker --> csd
  csd --> botdef
  botdef --> waap
  waap --> app

Credential Stuffing Defense Architecture

Multi-layer defense against credential stuffing attacks with device fingerprinting, credential intelligence, and account protection.

architecture-beta
  group defense(lucide:shield)[Defense Layers]
  group app(carbon:cloud-services)[Application]

  service edge(f5xc:bot-defense)[Bot Defense] in defense
  service csd(f5xc:client-side-defense)[Client-Side Defense] in defense
  service intel(f5xc:data-intelligence)[Credential Intel] in defense
  service login(carbon:application)[Login Service] in app
  service account(carbon:security)[Account Service] in app
  service db(carbon:data-base)[User Store] in app

  edge:R --> L:csd
  csd:R --> L:intel
  intel:R --> L:login
  login:R --> L:account
  account:B --> T:db