API gateways provide essential traffic management and access control but fall short in protecting against top API threats, including those in the OWASP API Security Top 10. Attackers often target even authenticated APIs using subtle methods to exploit vulnerabilities. Traditional gateway features like block lists and message filtering offer only partial protection. Effective API security requires full traffic analysis and contextual understanding to detect and stop attackers, which proxy-based gateway architectures cannot deliver. Advanced solutions are needed for comprehensive API threat protection.

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