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With Advanced Bot Protection powered by cloud-based machine learning, Barracuda WAF detects and stops malicious bots responsible for web scraping, credential stuffing, and account takeover attempts—before they can do damage. Flexible deployment options include hardware appliances, virtual machines, public cloud platforms, and containers—so you can secure your applications wherever they live. 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