Browser Attestation Challenge System for Bot Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current online systems lack effective mechanisms to differentiate between human-generated and automated requests, making it difficult to protect online resources from bots and maintain user trust.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that verifies browser authenticity by generating challenges requiring browser tasks, such as executing JavaScript instructions or rendering Scalable Vector Graphics, without human input, and compares the responses to determine authorized browsers, thereby granting or denying access to online resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional authentication mechanisms are used, then user trust is maintained, but automated attacks from bots cannot be effectively blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification by executing browser challenges (JavaScript, rendering tasks, hash functions) before granting access to online resources. This preliminary action identifies and blocks bot traffic in advance, preventing automated attacks before they can compromise the system while maintaining trust through reliable authentication of legitimate users.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If sophisticated authentication mechanisms are implemented to discern between human and bot requests, then protection from automated attacks is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system leverages the browser's inherent capabilities (JavaScript engine, rendering engine, hash functions) to perform verification tasks. Instead of requiring complex external authentication infrastructure, the system uses the client's own browser resources to execute challenges and generate responses, thereby providing robust bot detection without proportionally increasing system complexity.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If browser verification challenges are implemented, then bot access is reduced, but user experience may be interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The browser verification challenges are designed to execute automatically in the background without requiring user awareness or interaction. The system rushes through the verification process by leveraging the browser's automated execution of JavaScript and rendering tasks, completing the authentication flow so quickly that users experience minimal to no interruption while still effectively blocking bot access.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for screening unauthorized devices are provided. More particularly, a challenge that includes a first set of data can be generated. The challenge can require a browser of a requesting device to perform a browser task with respect to the first set of data to generate a second set of data. The challenge can be provided to the requesting device and a response to the challenge can be received. The response can include the second set of data generated by the browser of the requesting device through performance of the browser task. It can be determined whether the browser of the requesting device is an authorized browser based, at least in part, on the second set of data. Whether or not the requesting device is authorized to access a resource can be based, at least in part, on whether the browser is an authorized browser.