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Azure WAF Enhancements for Application Gateway Now in General Availability – Unlock the Full Power of Your Apps

Enhancements to Azure WAF for Application Gateway Now in General Availability
Introduction
Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications. It provides Layer 7 load balancing and supports SSL/TLS termination, HTTP/2, and WebSocket protocols. Azure WAF (Web Application Firewall) for Application Gateway is now generally available and provides enhanced security for your web applications. This article will provide an overview of the enhancements and how to get started with it.

What is Azure WAF?
Azure WAF is a web application firewall (WAF) that provides protection against common web vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. WAF can be deployed as a standalone service or as a component of an Azure Application Gateway. With WAF, you can customize rules to filter specific requests and limit malicious requests. It also provides logging and reporting capabilities to help you monitor and detect suspicious activity.

Enhancements to Azure WAF for Application Gateway
Azure WAF for Application Gateway has been improved with the following features:

Improved Access Control
Azure WAF now supports access control policies to allow or deny access to specific resources based on IP addresses, user agents, and other request parameters. This feature is useful in scenarios where you need to limit access to certain resources based on the requests’ origin. For example, you can block requests from suspicious IP addresses or user agents.

Integrated Logging and Reporting
Azure WAF now provides integrated logging and reporting capabilities to help you monitor and detect suspicious activity. You can configure WAF to log all requests and responses, as well as any blocked requests. You can also configure WAF to generate detailed reports on request traffic, blocked requests, and other security events.

Enhanced Rules Engine
Azure WAF now has an improved rules engine that allows you to customize rules to filter specific requests and limit malicious requests. You can also configure WAF to block requests based on specific parameters such as IP addresses, user agents, and HTTP methods.

Getting Started
To get started with Azure WAF for Application Gateway, you need to configure the Application Gateway and WAF. You can configure the Application Gateway using the Azure Portal or Azure CLI. Once the Application Gateway is configured, you can configure the WAF using the WAF configuration blade in the Azure Portal. For more information on deploying and configuring WAF, please refer to the documentation.

Conclusion
Azure WAF for Application Gateway provides enhanced security for your web applications. With the new features, you can now customize rules to filter specific requests and limit malicious requests, as well as monitor and detect suspicious activity. To get started, you need to configure the Application Gateway and WAF using the Azure Portal or Azure CLI. For more information, please refer to the documentation.
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Enhancements to Azure WAF for Application Gateway now in General Availability
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1. Azure WAF
2. Application Gateway
3. Azure WAF General