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|    Lucille Salesky to All    |
|    Amazon AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF    |
|    01 Dec 23 06:23:33    |
      From: lucillesalesky6@gmail.com              AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect your web applications       from common web exploits that could affect application availability,       compromise security, or consume excessive resources. AWS WAF gives you control       over which traffic to allow        or block to your web application by defining customizable web security rules.       You can use AWS WAF to create custom rules that block common attack patterns,       such as SQL injection or cross-site scripting, and rules that are designed for       your specific        application. New rules can be deployed within minutes, letting you respond       quickly to changing traffic patterns. Also, AWS WAF includes a full-featured       API that you can use to automate the creation, deployment, and maintenance of       web security rules.                For more information go to                      AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect web applications and       APIs from attacks. It enables you to configure a set of rules called a web       access control list (web ACL) that allow, block, or count web requests based       on customizable web        security rules and conditions that you define. For more information, see How       AWS WAF Works.              Amazon AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF ) Launched       Download https://t.co/f2Jk8qBzC7                            AWS WAF is a web application firewall that lets you monitor the HTTP and HTTPS       requests that are forwarded to Amazon CloudFront, an Amazon API Gateway REST       API, an Application Load Balancer, an AWS AppSync GraphQL API, or an Amazon       Cognito user pool. AWS        WAF also lets you control access to your content. Based on conditions that you       specify, such as the IP addresses that requests originate from or the values       of query strings, the Amazon API Gateway REST API, CloudFront distribution,       the Application Load        Balancer, the AWS AppSync GraphQL API, or the Amazon Cognito user pool       responds to requests either with the requested content or with an HTTP 403       status code (Forbidden). You also can configure CloudFront to return a custom       error page when a request is        blocked.              AWS WAF is a web application firewall that lets you monitor the HTTP and HTTPS       requests thatare forwarded to CloudFront, and lets you control access to your       content. Based on conditionsthat you specify, such as the values of query       strings or the IP        addresses that requestsoriginate from, CloudFront responds to requests either       with the requested content or with anHTTP status code 403 (Forbidden). You can       also configure CloudFront to return acustom error page when a request is       blocked. For more        information about AWS WAF, see theAWS WAF DeveloperGuide.              Implement inspection and protection: Inspect and filter your traffic at each       layer. For example, use a web application firewall to help protect against       inadvertent access at the application network layer. For Lambda functions,       third-party tools can add        application-layer firewalling to your runtime environment.              Adopt a layered defense (edge and in-region) security strategy with a web       application firewall that aggregates threat intelligence from multiple sources       including WebRoot BrightCloud and more than 250 predefined OWASP, application,       and compliance-       specific rules.              Ensure that Amazon Web Application Firewall (WAF) service is currently in use       in order to protect your AWS-powered web applications from security exploits       that could affect their availability and overall security, or consume       excessive resources (resource        starvation attacks). Amazon WAF is a web application firewall service that       lets you monitor any HTTP(S) requests that are forwarded to AWS CloudFront or       AWS ELB. To enable AWS WAF protection you simply create web Access Control       Lists (ACLs), define the        ACLs rules, which reference one or more conditions, and the actions to take       when each rule is satisfied. Then the newly created WAF ACLs can be attached,       for example, to the Amazon CloudFront CDN distribution used by your web       applications. To quickly get        started with AWS WAF you can also use AWS Pre-configured Protections, an       automated solution that consists of a pre-configured AWS WAF template that       includes a set of predefined ACL rules, which can be customized to best fit       your requirements, designed to        block common web-based attacks such as bad bots, Cross-Site Scripting and SQL       Injection.              In order to enable AWS WAF as the web firewall service to protect your       AWS-powered web applications from security exploits, you must create one or       more web ACLs, each ACL containing rules and actions to perform when a rule is       satisfied. Once the        necessary rules and actions are defined, the new web ACL can be assigned to       the CloudFront distribution used by your web application as CDN solution or to       the Application Load Balancer, managed by the AWS ELB service, used by your       application as load        balancing solution. To create and assign your first AWS WAF web ACL, perform       the following:              Amazon Web Services has launched its AWS Network Firewall, a managed firewall       service for Virtual Private Cloud to deploy necessary network protection       across all AWS workloads. The latest service from the cloud giant allows users       to deploy and manage        stateful inspections to protect AWS virtual networks.                            AWS claims that security is their number one priority and have provided       multiple firewall capabilities addressing specific security needs including       Security Groups to protect Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, AWS       Web Application Firewall (WAF)        to protect web applications running on Amazon CloudFront, AWS Shield to       protect against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, etc.              The Azure web application firewall (WAF) engine is the component that inspects       traffic and determines whether a request includes a signature that represents       a potential attack. When you use CRS 3.2 or later, your WAF runs the new WAF       engine, which gives        you higher performance and an improved set of features. When you use earlier       versions of the CRS, your WAF runs on an older engine. New features will only       be available on the new Azure WAF engine.                     [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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