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by cluckindan 438 days ago
They do mitigate known vulnerabilities.
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rcxdude 437 days ago
They may mitigate known proofs of concept of vulnerabilities, and require a small amount of creativity to work around. At the cost of randomly breaking things.
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cluckindan 437 days ago
That creativity takes time. WAFs are the first line of defence, buying some time for fixing the actual vulnerabilities.
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