Next-Gen WAF: Building Rules

Next-Gen WAF: Building Rules

How to building Request & Signal Exclusion Rules in SigSci.

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About this course

Course Details

Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF is powered by Fastly’s Signal Sciences platform. We break down the elements of a SigSci Rule, allowing you to construct your own Request Rules & Signal Exclusion Rules.

Learning Objectives

  • Difference between Site Rules and Corp Rules
  • Elements of a Rule - Conditions & Actions
  • Element of a Condition - Fields, Operators, & Values
  • How Fields can limit which Operators and/or Values can be used.
  • Lists and their uses in building Conditions.
  • Working with Wildcards.
  • Using Groups to combine multiple conditions.
  • Using Actions - Allow, Block, and adding Signals.
  • Selecting Custom Responses for a blocked request.
  • Using Signal Exclusion Rules.

Curriculum40 min

  • Request Rules 10 min
  • What are Lists? 2 min
  • Writing Wildcards 10 min
  • Multiple Conditions 5 min
  • Action Types 5 min
  • Signal Exclusion Rules 5 min
  • Custom Response Codes 3 min
  • Quiz
  • Review Key Concepts
  • Course Feedback

About this course

Course Details

Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF is powered by Fastly’s Signal Sciences platform. We break down the elements of a SigSci Rule, allowing you to construct your own Request Rules & Signal Exclusion Rules.

Learning Objectives

  • Difference between Site Rules and Corp Rules
  • Elements of a Rule - Conditions & Actions
  • Element of a Condition - Fields, Operators, & Values
  • How Fields can limit which Operators and/or Values can be used.
  • Lists and their uses in building Conditions.
  • Working with Wildcards.
  • Using Groups to combine multiple conditions.
  • Using Actions - Allow, Block, and adding Signals.
  • Selecting Custom Responses for a blocked request.
  • Using Signal Exclusion Rules.

Curriculum40 min

  • Request Rules 10 min
  • What are Lists? 2 min
  • Writing Wildcards 10 min
  • Multiple Conditions 5 min
  • Action Types 5 min
  • Signal Exclusion Rules 5 min
  • Custom Response Codes 3 min
  • Quiz
  • Review Key Concepts
  • Course Feedback