Enabling Basic Web Protection

Prerequisites

• Login credentials have been obtained.
• The domain name to be protected has been created.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. Click Service List at the top of the page. Choose Security > Web Application Firewall. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Domains.
4. Locate the row that contains the desired domain name. In the Operation column, click Configure Policy.
5. In the Basic Web Protection area, specify Status and Mode by referring to Table 1. After the configuration completes, in the upper right corner of the Protection Status list, click Save. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes to save the settings. If you do not want to save the settings, click Cancel.

   Table 1 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   Status	Status of Basic Web Protection
   Mode	Block: WAF blocks and logs detected attacks. Log only: WAF logs detected attacks only.

6. In the Basic Web Protection configuration area, click Advanced Settings. Enable the protection type that best fits your needs.
   

   If you do not click Save after changing Status and Mode in Step 5, a Warning dialog box is displayed when you click Advanced Settings.

   • Click Yes to cancel the previous settings.
   • Click No and then Save to save the settings.

   Table 2 Protection types

   Type	Description
   General Check	Defends against attacks, such as SQL injection, XSS, remote overflow vulnerability, file inclusion, Bash vulnerabilities, remote command execution, directory traversal, sensitive file access, and command/code injection.
   Webshell Detection	Defends against web shells from the upload interface.
   Search Engine	Uses web crawlers such as Googlebot and Baiduspider to find pages for search engines.
   Scanner	Scans for vulnerabilities, viruses, and performs other types of web scans, such as OpenVAS and Nmap.
   Script Tool	Executes automatic tasks and program scripts, such as HttpClient, OkHttp, and Python programs. NOTE: If your application uses scripts such as HttpClient, OkHttp, and Python, disable Script Tool. Otherwise, WAF will identify such script tools as crawlers and block the application.
   Other	Crawlers for other purposes, such as site monitoring, access proxy, and web page analysis.

   1. Set the protection level.

      In the upper part of the page, select a protection level: Low, Medium, or High. The default value is Medium.

      Table 3 Protection levels

      Protection Level	Description
      Low	WAF only blocks the requests with obvious attack signatures. If a large number of false alarms are reported, Low is recommended.
      Medium	The default level is Medium, which meets a majority of web protection requirements.
      High	WAF blocks the requests with no attack signature but have specific attack patterns. High is recommended if you want to block SQL injection, XSS, and command injection attacks.

   2. Set the protection type.

      By default, General Check and Scanner are enabled. You can click to enable other protection types.

   3. Click Save in the upper right of the page to save the settings. Otherwise, click Cancel.