Profiles
Profiles create different security profiles for different sub-sections of your website.
Overview
Profiles is the default profile that contains most commonly used web application settings served through a virtual service. For customizing a profile, it is highly recommended to create a new profile instead of editing the default profile. Haltdos Profile perform the learning and blocking globally and per page basis.
How to Use:
- Go to WAF > Listeners > Profiles
- Click Add Profile.
- Configure your settings.
- Click Save Changes.
Description
Profile Name:
This option allows user to specify a user-friendly name of security profile. By default, a profile with 'Default' name is already created upon adding a listener.
Accepted values: String
Default: Blank
Profile Priority:
This option provides prioritize feature for deciding which profile want to use first for matching request and taking action.
Accepted values: Integer
Default: 0
Application Type:
This option specifies type of application (i.e. website or web service or web socket) want to select. A website is defined as a collection of web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name whereas, a web service is a standardized medium to propagate communication between the client and server applications. And a web socket is a duplex protocol used mainly in the client-server communication channel.
Accepted values: WEBSITE / WEB SERVICE / WEB SOCKET
Default: WEBSITE
Protocol:
This option specifies the service type for the subdomain i.e. HTTP, TCP, UDP. Based on the protocol of the backend application, the listener/subdomain can be created with any of the three protocols.
Accepted values: HTTP
Default: HTTP
Countries:
This option specify countries from where request is coming should match with this profile.
Accepted values: Select from list of Countries
Default: Blank
URI
This option specify the URI that will be matched with this profile. Once the URI matched, policies configured under this profiles will be implemented.
Accepted values: URI
Default: Blank
Source IP Prefixes:
This option specify the source IP Prefixes for the requests coming will be matched with this profile.
Accepted values: IP Prefix
Default: Blank
Destination Port:
This option specifies the destination port Prefixes where requests coming will be matched with this profile.
Accepted values: IP Prefix
Default: Blank
Reference:
This drop-down is used to clone an existing profile with the same configuration to a new profile.
Accepted values: Select Reference
Default: Blank
User can clone existing profile with the same configuration to a new profile on the new user-specified URI. Following configurations are present under Security Profile.