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by jiggawatts 678 days ago
Those things are digital snake oil. If you turn on the web application firewall (WAF) features your app breaks. If you “tune” it to fix that, you let the attackers back through.

You can’t use a dumb appliance to fix developer stupidity.

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That doesn’t stop businesses from falling for the sales pitch.
Or auditors from ticking that box.