Bot detection isn't perfect

Arcjet makes it easy to remove entire classes of security problems from your applications, such as denying misbehaving bots from your websites. Today we're going to cover the inherent complexity in bot detection and how your app is protected from bots by Arcjet.

Security is a complicated topic and anyone that claims to perfectly solve it is probably trying to sell you something. The only way to really make sure that a system is fully protected from the outside world is to take that system, unplug it from the internet, and bury it deep in a ditch surrounded by 50 tons of water in all directions. This really isn't ideal if your goal is to sell widgets to people on the internet. Kinda hard for the packets to get into a system, computing to run, or the storage to work in such an environment.

One of the biggest security compromises you end up having to make on a regular basis is when to allow or deny traffic to your application. Generally, allowing paying customers to access your application allows them to pay you money, which is great if your goal is to make money. Money makes the investors happy and allows you to acquire nice things such as food, rent, and cloud compute time.

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