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AWS waf documentation change

Service: waf · 2025-06-19 · Documentation low

File: waf/latest/developerguide/manage-protection.md

Summary

Added console experience notice and updated web ACL association terminology

Security assessment

Terminology update from 'web ACL' to 'protection' appears to be branding/naming convention change without security implications

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/manage-protection.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/manage-protection.md
index 827b17ac0..9c79ffc1b 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/manage-protection.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/manage-protection.md
@@ -6,0 +7,4 @@ Configure application layer DDoS protections
+**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). 
+
@@ -54 +58 @@ To create a web ACL, follow these steps:
-If a resource is already associated with a web ACL, you can't change to a different web ACL. If you want to change the web ACL, you must first remove the associated web ACLs from the resource. For more information, see [Associating or disassociating a web ACL with an AWS resource](./web-acl-associating-aws-resource.html).
+If a resource is already associated with a web ACL, you can't change to a different web ACL. If you want to change the web ACL, you must first remove the associated web ACLs from the resource. For more information, see [Associating or disassociating protection with an AWS resource](./web-acl-associating-aws-resource.html).