Bot Categories
Set conditions (categories) to classify bots and manage priorities.
Category Creation
Basic Settings
Enter basic information to configure bot categories:
- Category Name: The name of the category displayed in the list (max 40 characters)
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Write a clear name to make it easier to manage in the list.
- Category Description: (Optional) Detailed description of the category (max 400 characters)
- Action Mode: Response method among Detect/Block/Allow
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Traffic allowed in bot verification will access the service without going through filter and policy verification stages.
Category Conditions
Items
- IP: IP address or CIDR format
- ASN: ASN number
- Country: Country code
- Path: URL path
- Accept-Encoding: Accept-Encoding header value
- Accept-Language: Accept-Language header value
- Referer: Referer header value
- Content-Type: Content-Type header value
- User-Agent: User-Agent header value
- JA3 Fingerprint: JA3 fingerprint
- JA4 Fingerprint: JA4 fingerprint
- Protocol version: Protocol version
- Query string: Query string
Match Conditions
- equals: Exact match
- in_list: Included in list
- contains: Contains
- is_empty: Empty
- Shared resource: Select from Shared Resource (max 50)
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You can create up to 20 bot categories.
Category Management
Priority
Traffic is checked in order starting from categories with higher priority. If a single traffic matches multiple categories simultaneously, aggregation and response are based on the category with the highest priority.
Status
Each category can have an Active/Inactive status, and inactive categories are not used for traffic verification and aggregation.