---
id: "waf"
type: "component"
kind: "waf"
provider: "default"
category: "security"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/waf"
---

# Generic web application firewall

Vendor-neutral web application firewall. Use when the real product is not in the catalogue; every rule for this kind still applies.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [default](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=default) |
| Kind | [Web application firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/waf) |
| Category | Security |
| Official docs | not recorded |
| Generic? | Vendor-neutral: the kind itself |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `botProtection` | boolean | — | no | — |
| `customRuleCount` | integer | — | no | — |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false |
| `managedRuleSet` | string | — | no | — |
| `mode` | enum | `detection`, `prevention`, `off` | no | — |
| `rateLimiting` | boolean | — | no | — |

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 13

- [Web Application Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-waf.md) `alibaba-waf` — alibabacloud
- [AWS WAF web ACL](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-waf.md) `aws-waf` — aws
- [AWS WAF Classic](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-waf-classic.md) `aws-waf-classic` — aws
- [Azure Web Application Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-web-application-firewall.md) `azure-web-application-firewall` — azure
- [Firewall for AI](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-firewall-for-ai.md) `cloudflare-firewall-for-ai` — cloudflare
- [Cloudflare WAF](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-waf.md) `cloudflare-waf` — cloudflare
- [Coraza](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/coraza.md) `coraza` — default
- [Imperva Application Security](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/imperva.md) `imperva` — default
- [ModSecurity](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/modsecurity.md) `modsecurity` — default
- [NAXSI](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/naxsi.md) `naxsi` — default
- [Google Cloud Armor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-armor.md) `google-cloud-armor` — gcp
- [reCAPTCHA Enterprise](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-recaptcha-enterprise.md) `google-recaptcha-enterprise` — gcp
- [Web Application Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-waf.md) `oci-waf` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "waf", component: "waf" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# The vendor-neutral web application firewall: the kind itself, with no product behind it. It sets no
# defaults and adds no properties, so every required kind property stays required on the node.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "waf"
kind: "waf"
provider: "default"
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/waf