A web application firewall or WAF is an application firewall for HTTP software that monitors, filters, and blocks HTTP traffic from and to a web application. Not only they serve as a safety barrier between servers, but are proficient to filter the content or specific web applications. By reviewing HTTP traffic, it can avoid attacks restricting from web application security flaws, such as SQL injection, file inclusion, cross-site scripting (XSS), and security misconfigurations. Web ... Read more
The web application firewall is a type of online security firewall that filters the bad http data packets between client and web application. The web application firewall detects the threats and attacks by monitoring the HTTP request before they reach the web server, providing a benefit to detect and block the malicious attacks disguised as the websites.
