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Updated on 2024-11-08 GMT+08:00

Updating a Global Protection Whitelist (Formerly False Alarm Masking) Rule

Function

This API is used to update a global protection whitelist (formerly false alarm masking) rule.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

PUT /v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}/ignore/{rule_id}

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. To obtain it, go to Huawei Cloud management console and hover the cursor over your username. On the displayed window, choose My Credentials. Then, in the Projects area, view Project ID of the corresponding project.

policy_id

Yes

String

Policy ID. It can be obtained by calling the ListPolicy API.

rule_id

Yes

String

ID of a false alarm masking rule. You can obtain the rule ID from the id field in the response body of the ListIgnoreRule API, which is used for querying false alarm masking rules.

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

enterprise_project_id

No

String

You can obtain the ID by calling the ListEnterpriseProject API of EPS.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).

Content-Type

Yes

String

Content type.

Table 4 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

domain

Yes

Array of strings

Domain name or website to be protected. If the array length is 0, the rule takes effect for all domain names or websites.

conditions

Yes

Array of CreateCondition objects

Condition list

mode

Yes

Integer

The value is fixed at 1, indicating v2 false alarm masking rules. v1 is used only for compatibility with earlier versions, and false alarm rules cannot be created in v1.

rule

Yes

String

Items to be masked. You can provide multiple items and separate them with semicolons (;).

  • To block a specific built-in rule, set the value of this parameter to the rule ID. To query the rule ID, go to the WAF console, choose Policies and click the target policy name. On the displayed page, in the Basic Web Protection area, select the Protection Rules tab, and view the ID of the specific rule. You can also query the rule ID in the event details.

  • To mask a type of basic web protection rules, set this parameter to the name of the basic web protection rule type. xss: XSS attacks

    webshell: Web shells

    vuln: Other types of attacks

    sqli: SQL injection attack

    robot: Malicious crawlers

    rfi: Remote file inclusion

    lfi: Local file inclusion

    cmdi: Command injection attack

  • To bypass the basic web protection, set this parameter to all.

  • To bypass all WAF protection, set this parameter to bypass.

advanced

No

IgnoreAdvanced object

Advanced settings

description

No

String

Description of a masking rule

Table 5 CreateCondition

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

category

Yes

String

Field type. The value can be ip, url, params, cookie, or header.

contents

Yes

Array of strings

Content. The array length is limited to 1. The content format varies depending on the field type. For example, if the field type is ip, the value must be an IP address or IP address range. If the field type is url, the value must be in the standard URL format. IF the field type is params, cookie, or header, the content format is not limited.

logic_operation

Yes

String

The matching logic varies depending on the field type. For example, if the field type is ip, the logic can be equal or not_equal. If the field type is url, params, cookie, or header, the logic can be equal, not_equal, contain, not_contain, prefix, not_prefix, suffix, not_suffix.

check_all_indexes_logic

No

Integer

This parameter is reserved and can be ignored.

index

No

String

If the field type is ip and the subfield is the client IP address, the index parameter is not required. If the subfield type is X-Forwarded-For, the value is x-forwarded-for. If the field type is params, header, or cookie, and the subfield is user-defined, the value of index is the user-defined subfield.

Table 6 IgnoreAdvanced

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

index

No

String

Field type. The following field types are supported: Params, Cookie, Header, Body, and Multipart.

  • When you select Params, Cookie, or Header, you can set this parameter to all or configure subfields as required.

  • When you select Body or Multipart, set this parameter to all.

contents

No

Array of strings

Subfield of the specified field type. The default value is all.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Rule ID.

policyid

String

Policy ID.

timestamp

Long

Timestamp the rule is created.

description

String

Rule description.

status

Integer

Rule status. The value can be 0 or 1.

  • 0: The rule is disabled.

  • 1: The rule is enabled.

url

String

The path for false masking alarms. This parameter is available only when mode is set to 0.

rule

String

Items to be masked. You can provide multiple items and separate them with semicolons (;).

  • To block a specific built-in rule, set the value of this parameter to the rule ID. To query the rule ID, go to the WAF console, choose Policies and click the target policy name. On the displayed page, in the Basic Web Protection area, select the Protection Rules tab, and view the ID of the specific rule. You can also query the rule ID in the event details.

  • To mask a type of basic web protection rules, set this parameter to the name of the basic web protection rule type. xss: XSS attacks

    webshell: Web shells

    vuln: Other types of attacks

    sqli: SQL injection attack

    robot: Malicious crawlers

    rfi: Remote file inclusion

    lfi: Local file inclusion

    cmdi: Command injection attack

  • To bypass the basic web protection, set this parameter to all.

  • To bypass all WAF protection, set this parameter to bypass.

mode

Integer

Version number. The value can be 0 or 1. 0: indicates the old version V1. 1 indicates the new version V2. When the value of mode is 0, the conditions field does not exist, but the url and url_logic fields exist. When the value of mode is 1, the url and url_logic fields do not exist, but the conditions field exists.

url_logic

String

URL match logic

conditions

Array of Condition objects

Conditions

advanced

IgnoreAdvanced object

Advanced settings

domain

Array of strings

Protected domain name or website

Table 8 Condition

Parameter

Type

Description

category

String

Field type. The value can be ip, url, params, cookie, or header.

contents

Array of strings

Content. The array length must be 1. The content format varies depending on field types. For example, if the field type is ip, the value must be an IP address or IP address range. If the field type is url, the value must be a URL in standard format. If the field type is params, cookie, or header, the content format is not limited.

logic_operation

String

The matching logic varies depending on the field type. For example, if the field type is ip, the logic can be equal or not_equal. If the field type is url, params, cookie, or header, the logic can be equal, not_equal, contain, not_contain, prefix, not_prefix, suffix, not_suffix.

check_all_indexes_logic

Integer

This parameter is reserved and can be ignored.

index

String

If the field type is ip and the subfield is the client IP address, the index parameter does not exist. If the subfield type is X-Forwarded-For, the value is x-forwarded-for. If the field type is params, header, or cookie, and the subfield is user-defined, the value of index is the user-defined subfield.

Table 9 IgnoreAdvanced

Parameter

Type

Description

index

String

Field type. The following field types are supported: Params, Cookie, Header, Body, and Multipart.

  • When you select Params, Cookie, or Header, you can set this parameter to all or configure subfields as required.

  • When you select Body or Multipart, set this parameter to all.

contents

Array of strings

Subfield of the specified field type. The default value is all.

Status code: 400

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 11 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Status code: 401

Table 12 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 13 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Status code: 500

Table 14 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 15 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Example Requests

The following example shows how to update a global whitelist protect (the formerly false alarm masking) rule. Details about the rule are specified by project_id, policy_id, and rule_id. Set the protection condition to URL containing /test, set the rules to be masked to website Trojans and other types of attacks, and set advanced settings to all parameters.

PUT https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}/ignore/{rule_id}

{
  "domain" : [ ],
  "mode" : 1,
  "description" : "",
  "conditions" : [ {
    "category" : "url",
    "logic_operation" : "contain",
    "index" : null,
    "contents" : [ "/test" ]
  } ],
  "rule" : "webshell;vuln",
  "advanced" : {
    "index" : "params",
    "contents" : [ ]
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request sent.

{
  "id" : "16e81d9a9e0244359204d7f00326ee4f",
  "policyid" : "0681f69f94ac408e9688373e45a61fdb",
  "timestamp" : 1679106005786,
  "description" : "",
  "status" : 1,
  "rule" : "webshell;vuln",
  "mode" : 1,
  "conditions" : [ {
    "category" : "url",
    "contents" : [ "/test" ],
    "logic_operation" : "contain"
  } ],
  "domain" : [ ],
  "advanced" : {
    "index" : "params",
    "contents" : [ ]
  }
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

The following example shows how to update a global whitelist protect (the formerly false alarm masking) rule. Details about the rule are specified by project_id, policy_id, and rule_id. Set the protection condition to URL containing /test, set the rules to be masked to website Trojans and other types of attacks, and set advanced settings to all parameters.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.region.WafRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.model.*;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class UpdateIgnoreRuleSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        WafClient client = WafClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(WafRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        UpdateIgnoreRuleRequest request = new UpdateIgnoreRuleRequest();
        request.withPolicyId("{policy_id}");
        request.withRuleId("{rule_id}");
        UpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody body = new UpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody();
        IgnoreAdvanced advancedbody = new IgnoreAdvanced();
        advancedbody.withIndex("params");
        List<String> listConditionsContents = new ArrayList<>();
        listConditionsContents.add("/test");
        List<CreateCondition> listbodyConditions = new ArrayList<>();
        listbodyConditions.add(
            new CreateCondition()
                .withCategory("url")
                .withContents(listConditionsContents)
                .withLogicOperation("contain")
        );
        body.withDescription("");
        body.withAdvanced(advancedbody);
        body.withRule("webshell;vuln");
        body.withMode(1);
        body.withConditions(listbodyConditions);
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            UpdateIgnoreRuleResponse response = client.updateIgnoreRule(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}

The following example shows how to update a global whitelist protect (the formerly false alarm masking) rule. Details about the rule are specified by project_id, policy_id, and rule_id. Set the protection condition to URL containing /test, set the rules to be masked to website Trojans and other types of attacks, and set advanced settings to all parameters.

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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkwaf.v1.region.waf_region import WafRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkwaf.v1 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = WafClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(WafRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = UpdateIgnoreRuleRequest()
        request.policy_id = "{policy_id}"
        request.rule_id = "{rule_id}"
        advancedbody = IgnoreAdvanced(
            index="params"
        )
        listContentsConditions = [
            "/test"
        ]
        listConditionsbody = [
            CreateCondition(
                category="url",
                contents=listContentsConditions,
                logic_operation="contain"
            )
        ]
        request.body = UpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody(
            description="",
            advanced=advancedbody,
            rule="webshell;vuln",
            mode=1,
            conditions=listConditionsbody
        )
        response = client.update_ignore_rule(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

The following example shows how to update a global whitelist protect (the formerly false alarm masking) rule. Details about the rule are specified by project_id, policy_id, and rule_id. Set the protection condition to URL containing /test, set the rules to be masked to website Trojans and other types of attacks, and set advanced settings to all parameters.

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    waf "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := waf.NewWafClient(
        waf.WafClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.UpdateIgnoreRuleRequest{}
	request.PolicyId = "{policy_id}"
	request.RuleId = "{rule_id}"
	indexAdvanced:= "params"
	advancedbody := &model.IgnoreAdvanced{
		Index: &indexAdvanced,
	}
	var listContentsConditions = []string{
        "/test",
    }
	var listConditionsbody = []model.CreateCondition{
        {
            Category: "url",
            Contents: listContentsConditions,
            LogicOperation: "contain",
        },
    }
	descriptionUpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody:= ""
	request.Body = &model.UpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody{
		Description: &descriptionUpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody,
		Advanced: advancedbody,
		Rule: "webshell;vuln",
		Mode: int32(1),
		Conditions: listConditionsbody,
	}
	response, err := client.UpdateIgnoreRule(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request sent.

400

Request failed.

401

The token does not have required permissions.

500

Internal server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.