Control
Extra protection where it actually matters
Login, admin, checkout, upload, customer portals, and internal tools carry the most risk. ArxLayer Protected Areas apply stronger challenges, tighter rate limits, and identity checks to those specific paths, enforced at the edge before traffic reaches your origin.
The problem
Your most sensitive paths take the most abuse
Attackers don't probe your homepage. They hammer the routes that hold credentials, payments, files, and admin power.
Login and account paths
Credential stuffing, password spraying, and account-takeover attempts target sign-in, reset, and MFA routes around the clock.
Checkout and upload abuse
Carding, coupon abuse, and malicious file uploads concentrate on the few endpoints that move money and accept data.
Admin and internal tools
Admin panels, dashboards, and back-office routes are high-value targets that a uniform, site-wide policy treats like everything else.
What you get
Surface-specific enforcement on the routes that count
Define protected paths and apply controls that fit their risk, without slowing down the rest of your site.
Path-scoped policy
Mark routes like /login, /admin, /checkout, or /upload as protected and give each its own set of controls.
Stronger challenges on sensitive paths
Apply self-hosted JavaScript proof-of-work challenges that raise the cost for automated clients and bar clients that don't execute the page. Not a human CAPTCHA, not fingerprinting.
Per-route rate limits
Throttle attempts on a single endpoint so brute force and abuse hit a hard ceiling well before your origin does.
Identity checks at the edge
Require valid tokens or session identity for protected routes and reject unauthenticated requests before they reach the application.
Reputation gating
Block or challenge clients with poor reputation on the paths that matter most, using HMAC-hashed IPs so raw addresses never leave the edge.
Detect, tune, enforce
Run a protected area in simulate mode to see what would block on real traffic, then switch on enforcement with confidence.
How it works
Lock down a route in three steps
Pick the path, layer the controls, and enforce when you're ready.
Define the protected path
Choose the routes that carry real risk: login, admin, checkout, upload, portals, or internal tools.
Layer the controls
Add challenges, per-route rate limits, identity checks, and reputation gating to match the path's risk.
Simulate, then enforce
Watch what would block in simulate mode, then enforce at the edge. Every change is versioned and reversible.
FAQ
Questions, answered
- How do I choose which paths to protect?
- Start with routes that hold credentials, payments, files, or admin power, such as login, checkout, upload, and admin. Each protected area gets its own controls.
- Will protecting a route slow down the rest of my site?
- No. Controls are scoped to the paths you mark as protected, so your public, low-risk pages stay fast while sensitive routes get extra scrutiny.
- Are the challenges human CAPTCHAs?
- No. ArxLayer uses self-hosted JavaScript proof-of-work challenges that raise the cost for automated clients and bar clients that don't execute the page. They are not human CAPTCHAs and not browser fingerprinting.
- Can I test a protected area before it blocks real users?
- Yes. Run it in simulate mode to see exactly what would block on live traffic, then enforce when you're confident. Changes are versioned and reversible.
Put your strongest controls on your riskiest paths
Define a protected area, simulate it on real traffic, and enforce stronger protection where it matters most.