AWS WAF Flashcards

1
Q

What does WAF stand for?

A

Web Application Firewall

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What does AWS WAF let you do?

A
  • Lets you monitor HTTP and HTTPS requests that are forwarded to CloudFront, an Application Load Balancer or API Gateway
  • More generally, lets you control access to your content
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3
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What are some of the conditions you can configure in AWS WAF?

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  • what IP addresses are allowed to make a request
  • what query string parameters need to be passed for the request to be allowed
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4
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At its most basic level, AWS WAF allows for what three types of behavior?

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  • Allow all requests except the ones you specify
  • Block all requests except the ones you specify
  • Count the requests that match the properties you specify
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5
Q

How can AWS help you block malicious IP addresses?

A
  • AWS WAF
  • Network ACLs
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6
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What is returned if AWS WAF does not allow your content to be received?

A

an HTTP 403 error code

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