Example Scenarios

Example 1: Prioritizing a Known Service Over Geographic Blocks The following example demonstrates how a Known Service rule can be applied to permit traffic from a verified third-party provider while systematically blocking general traffic from the provider's country of origin.

In this configuration, a rule is established to block all incoming traffic from the United States. However, based on the platform's strict rule evaluation order, Known Service rules are processed before Country rules. Consequently, any inbound traffic originating from the United States that matches the verified IP infrastructure of the Known Service is allowed. All other traffic from that geographic region is successfully blocked.

Example 2: Safeguarding Third-Party Integrations from Bot Challenges This example demonstrates a configuration where the Bot Protection security module is active on the proxy. To ensure access for essential search indexing and automated tools, the Googlebot Known Service is configured with an Allow action, and the Bypass Bot Protection option is enabled.

While other traffic is subjected to Bot Protection challenges, enabling the bypass toggle ensures that verified Googlebot requests are exempt from these security checks. This eliminates the risk of false positives disrupting search engine crawling or other critical third-party dependencies.