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Mohamed_Ahmed_Kansoh
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Nov 09, 2022
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Web Scraping Feature

I am wondering if "Web Scraping" Feature still available to configure or not.  - I know it was available under ( Security >>> Application security >>> Anomaly Detection >>> web scraping).  I am tak...
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  • Daniel_Wolf's avatar
    Daniel_Wolf
    Nov 10, 2022

    True, the available configuration options have changed. And what was Web Scraping till 14.0 is now Bot Defense, where Web Scraping exists as a sub-feature called Web Scraping to prevent any attempts to collect application content.

    It is also stated in K42323285: "The Bot Defense profile replaces and includes  the original functionality of the DoS profile bot signatures and proactive bot defense, as well as Web Scraping."

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Daniel_Wolf
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Nov 10, 2022

True, the available configuration options have changed. And what was Web Scraping till 14.0 is now Bot Defense, where Web Scraping exists as a sub-feature called Web Scraping to prevent any attempts to collect application content.

It is also stated in K42323285: "The Bot Defense profile replaces and includes  the original functionality of the DoS profile bot signatures and proactive bot defense, as well as Web Scraping."