Web application firewall
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web-application-firewall-162-16329032
title:
Web application firewall
text:
A web application firewall (WAF) is a specific form of application firewall that filters, monitors, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from a web service. By inspecting HTTP traffic, it can prevent attacks exploiting a web application's known vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and improper system configuration. Most of the major financial institutions utilize WAFs to help in the mitigation of web application 'zero-day' vulnerabilities, as well as hard
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
HTTP specific network security system
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application_firewall
date created:
2014-02-18T09:35:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T02:43:07Z
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