Help Center/ Web Application Firewall/ User Guide (Paris) / FAQs/ Website Access Configuration/ Server Configuration/ How Do I Configure the Client Protocol and Server Protocol?
Updated on 2024-03-14 GMT+08:00
View PDF
Share

How Do I Configure the Client Protocol and Server Protocol?

This FAQ describes how to configure the client and server protocol.

WAF provides various protocol types. Use www.example.com as an example. You can configure your WAF instance using any of the following methods:

HTTP Access - 302 Redirection Response

Set Client Protocol and Server Protocol to HTTP. Figure 1 shows an example.

This configuration allows web visitors to access http://www.example.com over HTTP only. If they access it over HTTPS, they will receive the 302 Found code and be redirected to http://www.example.com.

Figure 1 HTTP forwarding

HTTPS Forcible Conversion

Set Client Protocol and Server Protocol to HTTPS. Figure 2 shows an example. When the HTTP protocol is used to access the server, all initial client requests are forcibly converted from HTTP to HTTPS.

  • If web visitors access your website over HTTPS, the website returns a successful response.
  • If web visitors access your website over HTTP, they receive the 302 Found code and are directed to https://www.example.com.
Figure 2 HTTPS redirection

HTTP and HTTPS forwarding

Set Client Protocol and Server Protocol. Figure 3 shows an example.

  • If web visitors access your website over HTTP, the website returns a successful response but no communication between the browser and website is encrypted.
  • If web visitors access your website over HTTPS, the website returns a successful response and all communications between the browser and website are encrypted.
Figure 3 HTTP and HTTPS forwarding

HTTPS Offloading

Set Client Protocol to HTTPS and Server Protocol to HTTP. Figure 4 shows an example.

If web visitors access your website over HTTPS, WAF forwards the requests to your origin server over HTTP.

Figure 4 HTTPS offloading
Parent topic: Server Configuration