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Rahul_Rana's avatar
Rahul_Rana
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Apr 07, 2021

F5 Bot defense Profile

Hi,   As I implement Bot defense profile in transparent mode . WAF start changing request URI and adding Query Parameter in URL. So why it adds Query Parameter and what is the use of these Query ...
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Nikoolayy1's avatar
Nikoolayy1
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Apr 07, 2021

I think this can be because of the Javascript fingerprint or the JavaScript challenge that the bot defence uses:

 

 

 

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/proactive-bot-defense-using-big-ip-asm-25685

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K19556739