Articles by Tag #waf
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Why SafeLine is better than traditional WAF
Drawbacks of Traditional WAFs Traditional WAFs typically use regular expressions to define...
SafeLine: The Open-Source WAF That Actually Protects Your Web Apps
If you’ve ever hosted a web app, a personal homelab service, or even a simple dashboard exposed to...
Deploy SafeLine WAF with Docker Compose: A Step-by-Step Guide
SafeLine WAF is an open-source, powerful web application firewall designed to protect your web...
19,400+ GitHub Stars: This Free WAF Is on Fire
Tired of constantly maintaining endless regex rules in traditional WAFs? Say hello to SafeLine, a...
A Self-Hosted Alternative to Cloudflare
Modern websites are under constant pressure from automated traffic — bots scraping data, stuffing...
How To Filter Traffic by Using AWS Web Application Firewall WAF
1. Create VPC, Subnets, Route tables Create VPC Create Two EC2 Use your...
Ditch Cloud WAFs: How to Migrate to Self-Hosted SafeLine WAF with Zero Downtime
Switching from a cloud WAF like Cloudflare to a self-hosted SafeLine WAF can seem intimidating. But...
SafeLine: A Next-Generation Self-Hosted Web Application Firewall
Introduction The modern internet is under constant attack. From SQL injection attempts to...
How to Integrate SafeLine WAF with Ingress-Nginx in Kubernetes
If you're running workloads in Kubernetes, you’re probably already using Ingress-Nginx to manage...
Deploy SafeLine WAF in 10 Minutes: A DevOps-Friendly Quick Start
Looking to protect your APIs, web apps, or enterprise endpoints with a full-featured Web Application...
Stopping Bots in Action: SafeLine WAF Real-World Traffic Case Study
Protecting web applications from malicious bots is one thing; proving it works in production is...
SafeLine: The Must-Have WAF for SMEs
SafeLine is a self-hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) designed to protect websites and web...
How to Switch SafeLine WAF to a Valid SSL Certificate
By default, SafeLine WAF comes with a self-signed certificate for its management dashboard. While...
Part 1: Getting Started with SafeLine WAF - Installation and Basic Configuration
SafeLine is an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) developed by Chaitin Tech. It acts like a...
Combine AWS WAF with reactive infrastructure to block attackers (and don't go broke in the process)
AWS WAF is a really powerful security service, that will protect your internet-facing applications...
The Bot That Shouldn’t Have Taken Down My Umbraco Site, and the WAF Rule That Fixed It
This week, one of our sites was brought down by a Denial of Service attack. It wasn’t really a DoS...
Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability in Weaver e-cology OA: What You Need to Know
> About Author Hi, I'm Sharon, a product manager at Chaitin Tech. We build SafeLine, an...
Boost Your Website’s Security with SafeLine WAF: The Powerful Open-Source Solution You Need
Here’s a strong recommendation for an open-source WAF (Web Application Firewall) that’s been...
A Beginner’s Guide to Web Security: Building a Basic Protection System on Nginx with a Free Tool
As a beginner in web security, I quickly learned that many developers focus on implementing...
Deploying Static Files for Website Hosting in SafeLine
In SafeLine version 6.6.0 and above, you can easily host websites using static files. This guide will...
SafeLine WAF Hands-On: The Free Security Tool You Didn’t Know You Needed
When it comes to open-source Web Application Firewalls, most developers think of ModSecurity or...
Hands-on with SafeLine WAF: Free, Smart, and Developer-Friendly
Recently, a friend deployed an open-source CMS for their company. It’s powerful but naturally raises...
Part 3: Mastering SafeLine WAF – Testing, Docker Setup & Troubleshooting
Welcome to the final part of our SafeLine WAF series! So far, you have set up SafeLine and...
Unblocking Halo Uploads with SafeLine WAF
Use-case: When publishing tech docs or pushing script files to Halo’s content library, your requests...
Quickly Integrate SafeLine WAF with Apache APISIX: A Step-by-Step Guide
Want to add a powerful open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) to your API gateway? In this...
The Hacker’s Playbook vs. SafeLine WAF: Who Wins?
SQL Injection (SQLi) has been around for decades, yet it’s still one of the most common and dangerous...
What is a WAF? Why and When Do You Need a WAF?
In today's nternet environment, websites and web applications are under constant threat from...
SafeLine: A Modern, Developer-Friendly Self-Hosted WAF for Real-World Threats
The web has never been more hostile. Automated scanners probe every open port, bots scrape content at...
Why SafeLine WAF Isn't Showing the Right IP—and How to Fix It
When deploying SafeLine WAF behind CDNs or reverse proxies, it’s common to run into source IP...
Automate SSL Renewal for SafeLine WAF with DNS-01 Challenge
Tired of manually renewing your SSL certificates every 90 days? Cloud providers have reduced the...