Besides restricting access to a specific set of IP addresses, WAF additionally provides defense capabilities against more exploitative attacks, such as SQL injections and cross-site scripting. In this section, we will take a closer look at both of these conditions and how you can leverage them for protecting your own applications.
To start off, let's have a closer look at SQL injections. An SQL injection basically consists of the insertion of an SQL query within a request that is made from a client to your application.
SQL injections, if successfully implemented, can read as well as modify sensitive data from the database, and are even capable enough to execute administration ...
