The article discusses the evolving landscape of web traffic management, particularly focusing on the challenges posed by distributed traffic that requires anonymity while also needing to prove legitimate behavior to websites. Here are some key points and developments highlighted:
1. Identity vs. Anonymity
- Identifiable Traffic: For platforms like Google, AWS, or OpenAI, where reliable access is critical, identity-based solutions such as HTTP Message Signatures (Web Bot Auth) can work effectively.
- Anonymous Distributed Traffic: This includes human users browsing the web, researchers conducting measurements, and AI assistants acting on behalf of humans. These entities need anonymity but also require a way to prove legitimate behavior.
2. Privacy Pass
- Introduction and Impact: Cloudflare has supported Privacy Pass since 2019, allowing clients to provide proof of prior checks (e.g., solving CAPTCHAs) without creating stable identifiers.
- RFC Standards: Privacy Pass is standardized in RFCs 9576 and 9578, defining tokens that are unlinkable with any previous visit or session.
- Benefits: Reduces friction on session establishment and has scaled to billions of tokens per day.
Read the full article at The Cloudflare Blog
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