Web Bot Auth
A cryptographic request-signing approach for identifying automated bots and agents to participating web infrastructure.
Primary referenceEmergingReviewed 2026-07-25
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Good fit for
- Verified-agent access design
- Separating authenticated agents from anonymous crawling
AgentsBot identityHTTP signatures
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