Updated on 2022-02-22 GMT+08:00

Configuring Data Masking Rules

This section describes how to configure data masking rules. Data Masking prevents such data as usernames and passwords from being displayed in event logs.

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 Data Masking area, specify Status. 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.
  6. Click Customize Rule. On the displayed Data Masking page, click Add Rule in the upper left corner.

    If you do not click Save after changing Status in Step 5, a Warning dialog box is displayed when you click Customize Rule.

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

  7. In the displayed dialog box, specify the parameters by referring to Table 1.

    Table 1 Rule parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Path

    URL excluding a domain name

    • Prefix match: The path ending with * indicates that the path is used as a prefix. For example, if the path to be protected is /admin/test.php or /adminabc, set Path to /admin*.
    • Exact match: The path to be entered must match the path to be protected. If the path to be protected is /admin, set Path to /admin.
    NOTE:
    • The path supports prefix and exact matches only and does not support regular expressions.
    • The path cannot contain two or more consecutive slashes. For example, ///admin. If you enter ///admin, the WAF engine converts /// to /.

    /admin/login.php

    For example, if the URL to be protected is http://www.example.com/admin/login.php, set Path to /admin/login.php.

    Masked Field

    A field set to be masked
    • Params: A request parameter
    • Header: A user-defined HTTP header
    • If Masked Field is set to Params, configure Subfield based on your needs. If it is set to id, the content that matches id will be masked.
    • If Masked Field is set to Header, configure Subfield based on your needs. If it is set to Accept, the content that matches Accept will be masked.

    Subfield

    Set the parameter based on Masked Field. The masked field will not be displayed in the log.

    NOTICE:

    The length of a subfield cannot exceed 2048 bytes. Only digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed.

  8. Click OK.

    • To modify the added rule, click Modify in the row containing the target rule.
    • To delete the added rule, click Delete in the row containing the target rule.