Can I Access a Website Using an IP Address After a Domain Name Is Connected to WAF?

After a domain name is connected to WAF, you can enter the origin server IP address in the address bar of the browser to access the website. However, your origin server IP address is easily exposed. As a result, attackers can bypass WAF and attack your origin server.

Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a tool used to protect web applications. WAF is deployed in front of web applications. It checks HTTP and HTTPS traffic between the Internet and web applications and identifies and blocks web attacks based on predefined protection rules. WAF can defend against many types of attacks, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), web shells, command/code injection, file inclusion, sensitive file access, third-party application vulnerability exploits, CC attacks, malicious crawler scanning, and cross-site request forgery (CSRF). You can use WAF to protect web servers, web applications, and sensitive data.

You are advised to configure origin server protection according to the instructions in Origin Server Protection.