Which Protection Rules Are Included in the System-Generated Policy?
When you add a website to WAF, you can select an existing policy you have created or the system-generated policy. For details, see Table 1.
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If you are using WAF standard edition, only System-generated policy can be selected.
You can also tailor your protection rules after the domain name is connected to WAF.
Edition |
Policy |
Description |
---|---|---|
Standard edition |
Basic web protection (Log only mode and common checks) |
The basic web protection defends against attacks such as SQL injections, XSS, remote overflow vulnerabilities, file inclusions, Bash vulnerabilities, remote command execution, directory traversal, sensitive file access, and command/code injections. |
Professional and platinum editions/Dedicated mode |
Basic web protection (Log only mode and common checks) |
The basic web protection defends against attacks such as SQL injections, XSS, remote overflow vulnerabilities, file inclusions, Bash vulnerabilities, remote command execution, directory traversal, sensitive file access, and command/code injections. |
Anti-crawler (Log only mode and Scanner feature) |
WAF only logs web scanning tasks, such as vulnerability scanning and virus scanning, such as crawling behavior of OpenVAS and Nmap. |
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Log only: WAF only logs detected attack events instead of blocking them.
Protection Rules FAQs
- How Do I Switch the Mode of Basic Web Protection from Log Only to Block?
- Which Protection Levels Can Be Set for Basic Web Protection?
- What Is the Peak Rate of CC Attack Protection?
- When Is Cookie Used to Identify Users?
- What Are the Differences Between Rate Limit and Allowable Frequency in a CC Rule?
- Why Cannot the Verification Code Be Refreshed When Verification Code Is Configured in a CC Attack Protection Rule?
- Can a Precise Protection Rule Take Effect in a Specified Period?
- Can a Path Containing # Be Matched in a Precise Protection Rule?
- How Can I Allow Access from .js Files?
- Can I Batch Add IP Addresses to a Blacklist or Whitelist Rule?
- Can I Import or Export a Blacklist or Whitelist into or from WAF?
- How Do I Block Abnormal IP Addresses?
- Why Does a Requested Page Fail to Respond to the Client After the JavaScript-based Anti-Crawler Is Enabled?
- Is There Any Impact on Website Loading Speed If Other Crawler Check in Anti-Crawler Is Enabled?
- How Does JavaScript Anti-Crawler Detection Work?
- In Which Situations Will the WAF Policies Fail?
- How Do I Allow Requests from Only IP Addresses in a Specified Geographical Region?
- Which of the WAF Protection Rules Support the Log-Only Protective Action?
- How Do I Allow Only Specified IP Addresses to Access Protected Websites?
- Which Protection Rules Are Included in the System-Generated Policy?
- Why Does the Page Fail to Be Refreshed After WTP Is Enabled?
- What Are the Differences Between Blacklist/Whitelist Rules and Precise Protection Rules on Blocking Access Requests from Specified IP Addresses?
- What Do I Do If a Scanner, such as AppScan, Detects that the Cookie Is Missing Secure or HttpOnly?
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