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Creating and Configuring a WAF
Your team has been tasked with implementing an Application Load Balancer (ALB) and web application firewall (WAF) to help with some traffic issues and attacks that your instances have been experiencing. You will create an ALB and an access control list with a managed rule and a custom rule.
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Challenge
Evaluate base setup and traffic behavior
- Inspect the deployed environment to understand how traffic reaches the application through the Application Load Balancer and identify potential exposure points.
- Access the application and observe how it responds to different types of requests in the absence of any filtering or protection.
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Challenge
Implement web application firewall (WAF)
- Create and configure a web ACL using AWS WAF, incorporating both managed rule groups and a custom rule.
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Challenge
Validate traffic filtering behavior
- Test and confirm the applied protections correctly block malicious requests while continuing to allow legitimate traffic through.
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