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Businesses Can't Tell Good Bots from Bad Bots: Report
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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
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11/19/2017 | 5:16:44 PM
White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
There are vendor tools that can help accomplish this.

That said, does this really matter in the grand scheme of things? Whitelist what you know, explicitly trust, and actively want in your network. Otherwise, if you find out it's a bot, why not kick it out?
REISEN1955
REISEN1955,
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11/20/2017 | 10:16:38 AM
Re: White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
I am so sorry for this one, but when I read the headline title ---- the first image came to mind was Glinda asking Dorothy - 'Are you a good bot or a bad bot?" 
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
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11/21/2017 | 7:38:19 AM
Re: White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
@REISEN: Brilliant! I'd love to borrow this analogy/imagery for a future article or blog.
AutoEcole18
AutoEcole18,
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11/21/2017 | 5:48:58 PM
Re: White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
Nice one !
agenpokeronline
agenpokeronline,
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11/22/2017 | 4:53:18 PM
Re: White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
Nice one !
DonHarper
DonHarper,
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11/23/2017 | 4:41:54 PM
Re: White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
Brilliant one ! 
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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11/27/2017 | 12:43:55 PM
Good or bad bots?
 

Good or bad bots? You would not know that until but executed so it is a little bit of a luck.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
 User Rank: Ninja
11/27/2017 | 12:46:16 PM
Re: White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
"Whitelist"

Whitelist  would be a god option to keep. It may be a useful new bot such as delivering you the best cyber Monday deal. You want to allow that.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
 User Rank: Ninja
11/27/2017 | 12:47:59 PM
Re: White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
Are you a good bot or a bad bot?

This is a good idea, all the bots have to prove that they are good bots first.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
 User Rank: Ninja
11/27/2017 | 12:50:16 PM
Re: White Bot, Black Bot, Good Bot, Bad Bot
I agree, the question is how we applied that analogy to bots technologies.
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