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The Cloudflare WAF runs on the Cloudflare global network and sits in front of web applications to stop a wide range of real-time attacks using powerful rulesets, advanced rate limiting, exposed credential checks, uploaded content scanning, and other security measures.
The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (Cloudflare WAF) checks incoming web requests and filters undesired traffic based on sets of rules called rulesets. The matching engine that powers the WAF rules supports the wirefilter syntax using the Rules language.
A WAF or web application firewall helps protect web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet. It typically protects web applications from attacks such as cross-site forgery, cross-site-scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and SQL injection, among others.
The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (Cloudflare WAF) checks incoming web requests and filters undesired traffic based on sets of rules called rulesets. The matching engine that powers the WAF rules supports the wirefilter syntax using the Rules language.
Mar 15, 2022 · Today, we’re doing it again, by providing a Cloudflare WAF (Web Application Firewall) Managed Ruleset to all Cloudflare plans, free of charge. Why are we doing this? High profile vulnerabilities have a major impact across the Internet affecting organizations of all sizes.
The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (Cloudflare WAF) checks incoming web and API requests and filters undesired traffic based on sets of rules called rulesets. This page will guide you through some basic concepts and the recommended initial steps for configuring the WAF to get immediate protection against the most common attacks.
The Cloudflare web application firewall (WAF is the cornerstone of our advanced application security portfolio that keeps applications and APls secure and productive, thwarts DDoS attacks, keeps bots at bay, detects anomalies and malicious payloads, all while monitoring for browser supply chain attacks.
