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This feature provides an intrusion detection and prevention engine for web applications, commonly referred to as a Web Application Firewall (WAF).
It is integrated directly into the web server and acts as a protective layer between your applications and incoming traffic, helping to detect and block malicious requests before they reach the protected websites.
The WAF can analyze, filter, and optionally reject incoming requests based on a wide range of criteria, including CGI variables, HTTP headers, environment variables, request parameters, and individual script arguments.
For the highest level of protection and access to advanced security rules, we strongly recommend subscribing to an Enterprise License.
To detect and prevent attacks against web applications, the WAF inspects incoming HTTP requests and, when applicable, the corresponding server responses against its configured security rules.
There are 2 modules that can be used in order to offer you the best security for your websites: