Intermediate
Cybersecurity & Cryptography
Q55 / 100
What is a WAF (Web Application Firewall)?
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The correct answer is B) A security appliance or service filtering HTTP/HTTPS traffic to detect and block web attacks like SQLi, XSS, and CSRF
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Correct Answer
A security appliance or service filtering HTTP/HTTPS traffic to detect and block web attacks like SQLi, XSS, and CSRF
Explanation
WAFs (Cloudflare WAF, AWS WAF, ModSecurity) inspect HTTP requests/responses for attack signatures and anomalies. They operate at Layer 7 and can block OWASP Top 10 attacks.
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