Show HN: Requestguard – Bot-Protected Short Links

Category: security

Tags: captcha, short-links, bot-protection

Score: 4.7/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 5, Documentation: 5, Utility: 5)

Requestguard is a service that creates CAPTCHA-protected short links to prevent bots from accessing destinations, with optional expiry and password features. It is interesting because it addresses the growing problem of link scraping and automated abuse by hiding the target URL server-side until human verification is passed, leveraging Cloudflare Workers for fast global delivery.

Target audience: content publishers, devops, security engineers

Repository: https://go.requestguard.com/

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