https://buildonaws.lakil.org/tags/label-interpolation/Recent content in Label Interpolation on Build on AWSHugoenFri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://buildonaws.lakil.org/posts/bot-deception-with-waf-bot-control/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://buildonaws.lakil.org/posts/bot-deception-with-waf-bot-control/<h1 id="stop-blocking-bots-deceive-them">Stop Blocking Bots. Deceive Them.</h1> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Bot traffic that reaches your origin wastes infrastructure budget, distorts business metrics (conversion rates, engagement, analytics), and creates ongoing operational burden to maintain block rules. Deception reduces these costs: AWS WAF Bot Control in count-only mode labels bots without blocking, dynamic label interpolation forwards those labels as request headers, and CloudFront Functions + origin respond with deceptive content — forced timeouts, poisoned data, shadow banning. Bots receive HTTP 200 with no detection signal, eliminating the feedback loop that drives evasion iteration.</p>