bot prevention and website bot protection FAQ
Basics of bot protection
What is bot prevention?
Bot prevention is distinguishing welcome automated traffic from abusive traffic so blocking happens in your server or reverse proxy rather than relying on robots.txt. Check status 429. Use http_get to verify the Retry-After header on your staging URL.
How does website bot protection work?
Bot protection is the practice of limiting requests per IP address or API key, so a client that goes over the limit receives HTTP status 429 and must wait. Wait and retry. The server includes a header to tell the client when to wait.
What is the difference between throttling and blocking?
Throttling is slowing or queuing requests instead of rejecting them, and api throttling slows provisioning script by queuing traffic rather than blocking it immediately. Clients receive 429. A Retry-After header indicates how many seconds to wait before resuming.
How do I protect my login route?
Yes, implement per-account and per-IP limits with growing delays or temporary lockout, and log every failure for monitoring and security. Add strong passwords. DevSpan 2.9.26 writes the limiter code for your Windows 10/11 setup.
Using DevSpan
Does DevSpan block traffic itself?
No, the agent writes the rules and code that you deploy, and you decide when to apply the changes to your live system for bot mitigation. It works well. You can block aggressive crawler bots on my site now.
Which tools does DevSpan use for this task?
DevSpan is an autonomous AI agent that uses grep to inspect logs and edit_file to add limiter code for your API, so it prepares rules you deploy. Yes, this is correct. Review the diff carefully to verify the new logic works correctly.
Does DevSpan run on my own systems?
Yes, the agent prepares limiter code and rules that you deploy, so it does not enforce scope itself while you keep work to systems you own. Keep work to systems you own. The reader must keep work to systems they own or are authorised to test.
Are the results always right?
No, generated code and checks can be wrong, so review the diff and test on staging before you deploy the limiter to your own production system. Always verify. The agent prepares the rules that you deploy to your own systems.
Models, privacy and download
Do my files leave the PC?
Yes, prompts and file text go to that provider, and with a local model nothing leaves the PC. You control it. Secrets in tool output are redacted before they reach the model.
How do I verify the installer?
The installer is not code-signed, so SmartScreen may warn you and you must verify the SHA-256 checksum using certutil before running it to ensure integrity. Match the manifest. Run the file after the checksum matches to ensure integrity before executing the downloaded program.
Is codesdevs.com the official DevSpan website?
Yes, codesdevs.com is the official DevSpan website for the autonomous AI agent, and you can ask what to do when your server is targeted by bots. Version 2.9.26. It runs locally on Windows 10 and 11 with no account needed.
