Web Bot Auth for Publishers: Verify Signed AI Agents Without Breaking Crawlers
Test signed AI-agent verification at the CDN, WAF, or origin while preserving IP, reverse-DNS, and user-agent fallback for unsigned requests.
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Test signed AI-agent verification at the CDN, WAF, or origin while preserving IP, reverse-DNS, and user-agent fallback for unsigned requests.
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