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.
How to Use:
- Go to WAF > Listeners > Profiles
- Click Add Profile.
- Configure your settings.
- Click Save Changes.
| Parameters | Accepted Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Profile Name | String | Blank |
| Profile Priority | Integer | 0 |
| Application Type | Drop-Down | Others |
| Protocol | Drop-Down | Any |
| Countries | Drop-down | Blank |
| Source IP Prefixes | IP Address | Blank |
| Destination Port | Integer | Blank |
| Reference | Drop-Down | None |
Description
1.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. 2.Profile Priority:
This option provides priotize feature for deciding which profile want to use first for matching request and taking action.
3.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.
4.Protocol:
This option specify 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.
5.Countries:
This option specify countries from where request is coming should match with this profile.
6.Source IP Prefixes: This option specify the source IP Prefixes for the requests coming will be matched with this profile.
7.Destination Port:
This option specify the destination port Prefixes where requests coming will be matched with this profile.
8.Reference:
This drop-down is used to clone an existing profile with the same configuration to a new profile. Note: 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.