Articles by Tag #waf

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How I Autoban Hackers Who Touch My Secret URLs

If you look at your server logs right now, I guarantee you’ll see them. The bots. The script...

Learn More 1 0Dec 24 '25

Running a Self-Hosted WAF in the Real World: Notes from Using SafeLine

The problem that pushed me to look at a WAF Like many small teams, we didn’t start with a...

Learn More 6 0Dec 24 '25

Thiết kế NGFW - Throughput:  40Gbps và WAF-WAF - Throughput: 80Gbps khi bật các tính năng nâng cao dưới On-prem

1. Yêu cầu đầu bài Vào những ngày cuối năm 2025 thay vì đi mua sắm, đi du xuân t lựa chọn viết bài...

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Why SafeLine is better than traditional WAF

Drawbacks of Traditional WAFs Traditional WAFs typically use regular expressions to define...

Learn More 0 0Nov 6 '25

Your First AWS WAF Setup

Your first successful project on the AWS Cloud, perhaps a cloud résumé or a static website, marks a...

Learn More 0 0Dec 17 '25

SafeLine WAF Log Analysis in Action: 3 Key Techniques to Uncover Business Issues

Many people who deploy SafeLine WAF focus mainly on "blocked requests" as the primary metric,...

Learn More 0 0Dec 22 '25

CVSS 10.0 RCE Rocks the Frontend World: React/Next.js Hit by a Log4Shell‑Level Vulnerability?

December 4th, 2025 — A day the frontend ecosystem won’t forget. If Log4Shell was Java’s nightmare...

Learn More 0 0Dec 4 '25

Protecting a Personal Tech Blog in Practice: SafeLine Deployed in 10 Minutes

I’ve been running a personal tech blog for about three years. Like many developer blogs, it’s mostly...

Learn More 0 0Dec 22 '25

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...

Learn More 0 0Nov 18 '25

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...

Learn More 0 0Dec 2 '25

From Regex Matching to Understanding Intent: How SafeLine WAF Uses Semantic Analysis

If you’ve worked with Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), you’ve probably seen this pattern...

Learn More 0 0Dec 17 '25

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...

Learn More 0 0Dec 2 '25

A Self-Hosted Alternative to Cloudflare

Modern websites are under constant pressure from automated traffic — bots scraping data, stuffing...

Learn More 6 0Nov 12 '25

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...

Learn More 5 0Dec 1 '25

How To Filter Traffic by Using AWS Web Application Firewall WAF

1. Create VPC, Subnets, Route tables Create VPC Create Two EC2 Use your...

Learn More 0 0Nov 10 '25

Open Bot-List

We've started to gather official sources for identifying & categorizing bot-traffic like...

Learn More 0 0Dec 19 '25

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...

Learn More 0 0Nov 7 '25

SafeLine: A Next-Generation Self-Hosted Web Application Firewall

Introduction The modern internet is under constant attack. From SQL injection attempts to...

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SafeLine v9.3.0: Evolving a Semantic Analysis WAF for Modern Web Security

Web application security has reached a point where traditional, pattern-based defenses are no longer...

Learn More 0 0Dec 25 '25

It's Not About Replacing Code Security, It’s About Holding the Line Until Your Code Is Ready

As a developer or security professional, we all know the feeling when a vulnerability notice hits...

Learn More 0 0Dec 29 '25

SafeLine: A Free, Beginner-Friendly Web Application Firewall for Small Website Owners

If you're a small website owner looking for an easy-to-use and effective Web Application Firewall...

Learn More 0 0Jan 5

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...

Learn More 0 0Dec 1 '25

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...

Learn More 0 0Dec 1 '25

SafeLine: The Must-Have WAF for SMEs

SafeLine is a self-hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) designed to protect websites and web...

Learn More 0 0Dec 3 '25

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...

Learn More 16 4May 7 '25

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...

Learn More 11 0Jul 30 '25

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...

Learn More 6 0Nov 21 '25

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...

Learn More 10 0Sep 11 '25

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...

Learn More 0 0Nov 21 '25

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...

Learn More 7 0Sep 11 '25