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AWS waf documentation change

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

File: waf/latest/developerguide/waf-anti-ddos-advanced.md

Summary

Added console notice, updated terminology to 'protection pack or web ACL', and modified documentation links

Security assessment

Changes involve terminology updates and documentation restructuring. While the Anti-DDoS content is security-related, these specific changes don't introduce new security features or address vulnerabilities - they maintain existing security documentation with updated terminology.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-anti-ddos-advanced.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-anti-ddos-advanced.md
index 89c7c4dd0..a0cdd60ad 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-anti-ddos-advanced.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-anti-ddos-advanced.md
@@ -6,0 +7,4 @@ Anti-DDoS protection components
+**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). 
+
@@ -19 +23 @@ The main components for implementing advanced Anti-DDoS protection in AWS WAF in
-**`AWSManagedRulesAntiDDoSRuleSet`** – Detects, labels, and challenges requests that are likely participating in a DDoS attack. It also labels all requests to a protected resource during an event. For details about the rule group's rules and labels, see [AWS WAF Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) prevention rule group](./aws-managed-rule-groups-anti-ddos.html). To use this rule group, include it in your web ACL using a managed rule group reference statement. For information, see [Adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group to your web ACL](./waf-anti-ddos-rg-using.html).
+**`AWSManagedRulesAntiDDoSRuleSet`** – Detects, labels, and challenges requests that are likely participating in a DDoS attack. It also labels all requests to a protected resource during an event. For details about the rule group's rules and labels, see [AWS WAF Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) prevention rule group](./aws-managed-rule-groups-anti-ddos.html). To use this rule group, include it in your protection pack or web ACL using a managed rule group reference statement. For information, see [Adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group to your protection pack or web ACL](./waf-anti-ddos-rg-using.html).
@@ -21 +25 @@ The main components for implementing advanced Anti-DDoS protection in AWS WAF in
-  * **Web ACL traffic overview dashboards** – Provide monitoring for DDoS activity and anti-DDoS responses in the console. For more information, see [Web ACL traffic overview dashboards](./web-acl-dashboards.html).
+  * **Web ACL traffic overview dashboards** – Provide monitoring for DDoS activity and anti-DDoS responses in the console. For more information, see [Traffic overview dashboards for protection pack or web ACLs](./web-acl-dashboards.html).
@@ -23 +27 @@ The main components for implementing advanced Anti-DDoS protection in AWS WAF in
-  * **Logging and metrics** – Allow you to monitor traffic and understand Anti-DDoS protection effects. Configure logs, Amazon Security Lake data collection, and Amazon CloudWatch metrics for your web ACL. For information about these options, see [Logging AWS WAF web ACL traffic](./logging.html), [Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch](./monitoring-cloudwatch.html), and [What is Amazon Security Lake?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/security-lake/latest/userguide/what-is-security-lake.html).
+  * **Logging and metrics** – Allow you to monitor traffic and understand Anti-DDoS protection effects. Configure logs, Amazon Security Lake data collection, and Amazon CloudWatch metrics for your protection pack or web ACL. For information about these options, see [Logging AWS WAF protection pack or web ACL traffic](./logging.html), [Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch](./monitoring-cloudwatch.html), and [What is Amazon Security Lake?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/security-lake/latest/userguide/what-is-security-lake.html).
@@ -40 +44 @@ Resource-level DDoS protection
-Adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group to your web ACL
+Adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group to your protection pack or web ACL