WAF

Introduction This article will explain the tools and techniques used by web application penetration testers and security researchers to successfully bypass web application firewall (WAF) protections. WAFs are a cybersecurity solution to filter and block malicious web traffic. Common vendors include CloudFlare, AWS, Citrix, Akamai, Radware, Microsoft Azure, and Barracuda. Depending on the combination of mechanisms used by the firewall, the bypassing methods may differ. For instance, WAFs may use regex to detect malicious traffic....