Microsoft Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) - Released

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Source: Microsoft announces general availability of the Azure Web Application Firewall

Microsoft announced the general availability of the Web Application Firewall for protection from common types of web attacks.
Azure admins can convert their standard gateways to the Web Application Firewall Gateway from the Azure Portal, or they can try it out before subscribing. The plans and further details are available on Microsoft's official site.

Azure Blog: Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) Generally Available
With the Web Application Firewall Gateway, users can protect up to 20 web sites or applications from the following attacks:

• SQL injection
• Cross site scripting
• Common attacks such as command injection, HTTP request smuggling, HTTP response splitting, and remote file inclusion attack
• HTTP protocol violations
• HTTP protocol anomalies
• Bots, crawlers, and scanners
• Common application misconfigurations (e.g. Apache, IIS, etc.)
• HTTP Denial of Service

Read technical details at Introduction to web application firewall (WAF) for Azure Application Gateway

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