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Date Submitted:
06/25/05
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Application Firewalls: Dont Forget About Layer 7Added by Papergrl
Description:
I suggest that a web application firewall should exist in your information security toolkit to provide yet another layer of defense. A traditional firewall can be defined as "a means to control what is allowed across some point in a network as a mechanism to enforce policy". (SANS) What exactly is a web application firewall? This innovative technology is much more than a router with rules. It serves as a means to protect the application and its backend data store from malicious attack and inappropriate usage. While it is appropriate to allow a user to use your site, a user should not be allowed to abuse his or her privileges.
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