alt Hacker NewsA WAF can block known _exploits_ it doesn't prevent the vulnerability from being abused by a new / other / slightly changed exploit.
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esseph • today at 1:47 PM
You also just described system patching.
A WAF can block known _exploits_ it doesn't prevent the vulnerability from being abused by a new / other / slightly changed exploit.
You also just described system patching.
Also a WAF isn't magical. I remember the whole 8KiB AWS WAF bypass thing.