![]() A WAF-capable cloud load balancer – AWS Elastic Load Balancer ELB or Azure Web Application Gateway – in front of the target web host.This web server answered with the HTTP response code ‘200 OK’ to all incoming HTTP requests. A target web host running a containerized custom web server in a cloud container platform – AWS Elastic Container Service ECS or Azure Container Instances ACI.We injected our payloads to HTTP GET and POST requests going towards the target. An attacker’s host executing thousands of scripted test cases to a specific target web host.We build a test environments in AWS and Azure to put the cloud WAFs into a test. Are the cloud WAFs any good in blocking common web application attacks? We decided to find out and the results were surprising. ![]() “Still behind dedicated appliances” believes one architect, although many find it “ easy to implement and use.”įor a security solution, the primary measure of usefulness should be the ability to protect your applications. Another specialist calls it “a реrfесt sоlutіоn fоr оur nееds.” As for Azure, reviews appear more mixed. ![]() Is their security performance at the level of top tier offerings?Īccording to customer reviews published by Gartner, one software engineer believes that AWS Web Application Firewall is “thе bеst sоlutіоn tо stор аttасks оn оur wеb аррlісаtіоns”. They also provide their own in-house WAFs that integrate well with their respective load balancers. ![]() Major cloud vendors have a range of WAF offerings available. Today, more and more applications are in the cloud and they are protected using WAFs provisioned in the cloud. Back in the day WAFs were physical appliances protecting on-premises applications. ![]()
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