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AWS waf documentation change

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

File: waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-dissociating-aws-resource.md

Summary

Added protection pack disassociation procedures and a note about DDoS protection when associating Application Load Balancers. Updated terminology to include protection packs.

Security assessment

The change adds documentation about enabling resource-level DDoS protection when using Application Load Balancers with web ACLs, which qualifies as security feature documentation. However, there is no evidence of addressing a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-dissociating-aws-resource.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-dissociating-aws-resource.md
index 687e06fb4..3a1c4f3fe 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-dissociating-aws-resource.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-dissociating-aws-resource.md
@@ -5 +5,26 @@
-# Disassociating a web ACL from an AWS resource
+**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). 
+
+# Disassociating a protection from an AWS resource
+
+Disassociating a protection pack
+    
+
+  1. Choose the protection pack that you want to edit. The console makes the main protection pack card editable, and also opens a side panel with details you can edit.
+
+  2. In the protection pack card, choose the **Edit** link next to **Resources** to open the **Manage resources** panel.
+
+  3. In the **Manage resources** section for the rule group, choose the resource you want to disassociate, and then choose **Disassociate**.
+
+###### Note
+
+You must disassociate one resource at a time. Do not choose multiple resources. 
+
+  4. In the confirmation page, type "disassociate", and then choose **Disassociate**.
+
+
+
+
+Disassociating a web ACL
+    
@@ -13 +38 @@ To dissociate a web ACL from an AWS resource, perform the following procedure.
-  2. In the navigation pane, choose **Web ACLs**.
+  2. In the navigation pane, choose **web ACLs**.
@@ -22,0 +48,4 @@ You must disassociate one resource at a time. Do not choose multiple resources.
+###### Note
+
+When you choose to associate an Application Load Balancer with your webACL, **Resource-level DDoS protection** is enabled. For more information, see [AWS WAF Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) prevention](./waf-anti-ddos.html).
+
@@ -34 +63 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Associating a web ACL with an AWS resource
+Associating protection with an AWS resource
@@ -36 +65 @@ Associating a web ACL with an AWS resource
-Using web ACLs with rules and rule groups
+Using protection pack or web ACLs with rules and rule groups