Pattern

Verifiable agent identity on the web (Web Bot Auth, HTTP Message Signatures)

Let an agent operator sign every outbound HTTP request with a published key, so that any website can verify which operator sent the request and apply its own policy, instead of guessing from the User-Agent string or IP ranges.

Classification Cryptographic identification of agent traffic to third-party websites.

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