AWS waf documentation change
Summary
Added console announcement and updated documentation links/terminology
Security assessment
Changes include UI notification and link updates ('protection pack' terminology), but no evidence of addressing vulnerabilities or new security features
Diff
diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-responding-manual.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-responding-manual.md index dca43aed3..b83ae1eeb 100644 --- a//waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-responding-manual.md +++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-responding-manual.md @@ -4,0 +5,4 @@ +**Introducing a new console experience for AWS WAF** + +You can now use the updated experience to access AWS WAF functionality anywhere in the console. For more details, see [Working with the updated console experience](./working-with-console.html). + @@ -9 +13 @@ This page provides instructions for manually mitigating an application layer DDo -If you determine that the activity in the events page for your resource represents a DDoS attack, you can create your own AWS WAF rules in your web ACL to mitigate the attack. This is the only option available if you aren't a Shield Advanced customer. AWS WAF is included with AWS Shield Advanced at no additional cost. For information about creating rules in your web ACL, see [Using web ACLs in AWS WAF](./web-acl.html). +If you determine that the activity in the events page for your resource represents a DDoS attack, you can create your own AWS WAF rules in your web ACL to mitigate the attack. This is the only option available if you aren't a Shield Advanced customer. AWS WAF is included with AWS Shield Advanced at no additional cost. For information about creating rules in your web ACL, see [Configuring protection in AWS WAF](./web-acl.html). @@ -15 +19 @@ If you use AWS Firewall Manager, you can add your AWS WAF rules to a Firewall Ma - 1. Create rule statements in your web ACL with criteria that matches the unusual behavior. To start with, configure them to count matching requests. For information about configuring your web ACL and rule statements, see [Using web ACLs with rules and rule groups in AWS WAF](./web-acl-processing.html) and [Testing and tuning your AWS WAF protections](./web-acl-testing.html). + 1. Create rule statements in your web ACL with criteria that matches the unusual behavior. To start with, configure them to count matching requests. For information about configuring your web ACL and rule statements, see [Using protection pack or web ACLs with rules and rule groups in AWS WAF](./web-acl-processing.html) and [Testing and tuning your AWS WAF protections](./web-acl-testing.html).