The Application Firewall is a security mechanism designed to protect your website from potential attackers.
This protection mechanism is enabled by default and includes the following features:
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HTTP Protection: This protection mechanism prevents violations of the HTTP protocol rules as well as configured usage policies.
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Protection against common web attacks: The Application Firewall provides protection against known vulnerabilities that are often exploited in web applications.
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Automatic detection of potentially harmful activities: The firewall automatically detects bots, crawlers, scanners, and other malicious software and blocks these activities.
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Trojan protection: Incoming and outgoing access from trojans is identified and blocked by the firewall.
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Hiding error messages: This feature prevents potential errors from being exploited.
You can find this option in your subdomain settings. It is strongly recommended to always keep the Application Firewall enabled, as it can block many potential security risks.
Disabling the Application Firewall should only be considered by technically experienced users, and even then only for testing purposes.