VaultExpress/vault-express

Try to detect client request from non-browser

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#56 opened on Aug 23, 2018

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Description

To protect our system from calling our APIs by using automate scripts/applications; this will be considered as abnormal behavior requests and we will drop all this kind of requests

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Research direction
Research how to identify non browser HTTP requests, e.g., by examining the User Agent header. Then implement a middleware that drops requests that appear to be from automated scripts or non browser clients.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend
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Feature
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Needs investigation
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JavaScript
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55