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Customize Application Behavior with Bot Score

Rama Sadhu Updated by Rama Sadhu

AppTrana's Bot Management feature allows users to customize application behavior based on the bot score assigned to Client machines (where the requests originate).

This score indicates the likelihood that a request is coming from a bot, enabling users to take appropriate actions to protect their applications.

Bot Score Levels

  • Low (Score >= 60): Indicates a 75% chance of the request coming from a bot.
  • Medium (Score >= 70): Indicates an 87% chance of the request coming from a bot.
  • High (Score >= 80): Indicates a 99% chance of the request coming from a bot.

Steps to Configure Custom Bot Actions

  1. Log into AppTrana WAAP, Go to the "Protect" section, and select "Bot Management”. 

Based on the Bot Confidence Score, choose the Corresponding WAF Action as per the defined criteria mentioned below:

Allowed WAF Actions

 

Description

No Action

Request is allowed without any intervention or action taken

Log Only

Records the request for analysis without taking any immediate action

Captcha

A captcha challenge is presented to the user without blocking the request.

The Captcha action will be available only if the applications are migrated to the new WAF architecture.

Block

The request is blocked outright

Requests scoring above 80 are restricted to either Captcha or Block actions. The users have the option to set all the requests to 'Log only' mode, but this will be reflected on the dashboard as the BOT module is configured to log mode.
  1. Finally, Click Update.

The requests resolving a Captcha challenge are still counted as a log-only resource as illustrated in this screenshot.

You can get more insights about the Bot Classification Trend, here.

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