GENERATING URLs TO DETECT AUTONOMOUS PROGRAMS SYSTEMS AND METHODS

A system comprising:

• a device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, the device comprising one or more processors coupled to memory;
• and
• wherein the device is configured to:
• receive a first request from a first client of the plurality of clients to a server of the plurality of servers via a connection between the device and the first client;
• include, into a response from the server to the first client, a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising one or more randomly generated characters within a predetermined character space;
• determine that the first client has an autonomous program responsive to receiving a second request from the first client using the URL;
• and
• terminate, responsive to the determination, the connection to the first client.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions for causing one or more processors to:

• receive a first request from a first client of a plurality of clients to a server of a plurality of servers via a connection to the first client;
• include, into a response from the server to the first client, a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising one or more randomly generated characters within a predetermined character space;
• determine that the first client has an autonomous program responsive to receiving a second request from the first client using the URL;
• and
• terminate, responsive to the determination, the connection to the first client.