CloFix WAF Security – Key Features
Secure Your Applications. Scale with Confidence
CloFix WAF is a next-generation, AI-enhanced Web Application Firewall designed specifically for cloud-based applications. It offers enterprise-grade protection, real-time monitoring, and affordable scalability - perfect for startups, SMEs, and DevOps-driven teams.
AI-Powered Protection
🔍 Fingerprint Blocking
Blocks requests based on malicious browser/device fingerprinting patterns
Blocks requests based on malicious browser/device fingerprinting patterns.
- Detects abnormal browser fingerprints
- Identifies spoofed user agents
- Blocks headless browser signatures
- Prevents fingerprint-based evasion techniques
📦 Payload Blocking
Detects and blocks malicious payloads in requests
Detects and blocks malicious payloads in requests using AI-powered analysis.
- Real-time payload inspection
- ML-based threat classification
- Zero-day exploit detection
- Multi-vector payload analysis
📊 Traffic Anomaly Blocking
Identifies and blocks abnormal traffic patterns
Identifies and blocks abnormal traffic patterns using behavioral analysis.
- Detects traffic spikes and anomalies
- Identifies DDoS attack patterns
- Behavioral baselining
- Automated threat response
🚫 IP Reputation Blocking
Blocks requests from known malicious IP addresses
Blocks requests from known malicious IP addresses using real-time threat intelligence.
- Integration with blocklist.de
- Real-time IP reputation checks
- Dynamic blacklist updates
- Custom IP blacklisting
🕸️ JavaScript Behavior Blocking
Analyzes and blocks suspicious JavaScript behavior
Analyzes and blocks suspicious JavaScript behavior in real-time.
- Detects malicious JS execution
- Identifies cryptojacking attempts
- Blocks DOM manipulation attacks
- Prevents JS-based data exfiltration
🍪 Cookie Validation Blocking
Validates and blocks requests with tampered cookies
Validates and blocks requests with tampered cookies using AI-based scoring.
- Detects cookie tampering attempts
- Validates session integrity
- Blocks session hijacking
- Prevents replay attacks
📱 Device Identity Blocking
Blocks requests from untrusted or spoofed devices
Blocks requests from untrusted or spoofed devices using device fingerprinting.
- Device fingerprint validation
- Detects emulator environments
- Blocks device spoofing
- Cross-session device tracking
🤖 Automation Tool Blocking
Detects and blocks automated bot/script traffic
Detects and blocks automated bot/script traffic with high accuracy.
- Detects Selenium, Puppeteer, Playwright
- Identifies headless browsers
- Blocks scraping tools
- Prevents automated attacks
☁️ Cloud Service Blocking
Blocks requests from known cloud hosting providers (if malicious)
Blocks requests from known cloud hosting providers when malicious patterns are detected.
- Identifies cloud data center traffic
- Blocks malicious cloud-based attacks
- AWS/Azure/GCP detection
- Cloud IP range filtering
🔄 DNS Rebinding Blocking
Prevents DNS rebinding attacks
Prevents DNS rebinding attacks through intelligent detection.
- Detects DNS rebinding patterns
- Validates DNS responses
- Blocks internal IP exposure
- Prevents SSRF via DNS rebinding
🔑 Credential Stuffing Blocking
Detects and blocks credential stuffing attempts
Detects and blocks credential stuffing attempts using behavioral analysis.
- Identifies rapid login attempts
- Detects password spraying
- Blocks breached credential use
- Rate limiting for auth endpoints
🕷️ Crawler Detection Blocking
Identifies and blocks malicious web crawlers
Identifies and blocks malicious web crawlers while allowing legitimate search engines.
- Differentiates good/bad crawlers
- Validates search engine bots
- Blocks content scrapers
- Prevents competitive data mining
🔌 API Abuse Blocking
Prevents API abuse and excessive API calls
Prevents API abuse and excessive API calls using ML-based detection.
- Detects API scraping
- Identifies abnormal API patterns
- Prevents business logic abuse
- Intelligent rate limiting
📨 Header Injection Blocking
Blocks HTTP header injection attacks
Blocks HTTP header injection attacks through comprehensive validation.
- Detects CRLF injection
- Prevents response splitting
- Blocks host header attacks
- Validates all HTTP headers
🔒 TLS Fingerprint Blocking
Blocks requests based on malicious TLS fingerprint patterns (JA3)
Blocks requests based on malicious TLS fingerprint patterns (JA3/JA3S).
- JA3 fingerprint analysis
- Detects malicious TLS clients
- Identifies bot TLS patterns
- Blocks known attack tools
🛡️ SSL MITM Blocking
Detects and blocks SSL Man-in-the-Middle attacks
Detects and blocks SSL Man-in-the-Middle attacks through advanced analysis.
- Detects SSL stripping
- Identifies certificate anomalies
- Blocks MITM proxies
- Validates TLS handshakes
↪️ Open Redirect Blocking
Prevents open redirect vulnerabilities
Prevents open redirect vulnerabilities through intelligent URL validation.
- Detects malicious redirects
- Validates redirect URLs
- Blocks phishing attempts
- Prevents open redirect exploitation
🎭 Fake Bot Blocking
Blocks fake/search engine bot impersonation
Blocks fake/search engine bot impersonation through rigorous validation.
- Validates search engine IPs
- Detects bot impersonation
- Reverse DNS verification
- Blocks fake crawlers
⚡ AI Rate Limit Blocking
AI-based intelligent rate limiting
AI-based intelligent rate limiting that adapts to traffic patterns.
- Dynamic rate limiting
- Behavior-based thresholds
- Adaptive response
- Prevents DDoS and abuse
🔐 JA3 Check
Validates JA3 TLS fingerprint against known malicious patterns
Validates JA3 TLS fingerprint against known malicious patterns.
- JA3 blacklist matching
- Malicious client detection
- Attack tool identification
- Custom JA3 rules
🖥️ VM/Debug Detection Blocking
Blocks requests from virtual machines/debugging environments
Blocks requests from virtual machines and debugging environments.
- Detects VM environments
- Identifies debugger presence
- Blocks sandbox evasion
- Prevents analysis evasion
🎨 Canvas Fingerprint Blocking
Blocks based on malicious canvas fingerprinting
Blocks requests based on malicious canvas fingerprinting patterns.
- Detects canvas fingerprinting
- Blocks tracking attempts
- Identifies automation tools
- Prevents browser profiling
📁 Path Traversal Blocking
Prevents directory/path traversal attacks
Prevents directory/path traversal attacks through comprehensive filtering.
- Blocks ../ patterns
- Prevents directory listing
- Protects sensitive files
- URL encoding detection
💾 SQL Injection Blocking
Detects and blocks SQL injection attempts
Detects and blocks SQL injection attempts using advanced pattern matching.
- Blocks UNION-based attacks
- Detects time-based injection
- Prevents error-based disclosure
- Blocks stacked queries
⚠️ XSS Detection Blocking
Prevents Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks
Prevents Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks through comprehensive filtering.
- Blocks reflected XSS
- Prevents stored XSS
- Detects DOM-based XSS
- Filters malicious scripts
⌨️ Command Injection Blocking
Blocks OS command injection attempts
Blocks OS command injection attempts through rigorous input validation.
- Detects shell metacharacters
- Blocks command chaining
- Prevents RCE attempts
- Filters dangerous commands
📄 XXE Detection Blocking
Prevents XML External Entity attacks
Prevents XML External Entity attacks through XML parsing protection.
- Blocks external entity expansion
- Prevents XXE-based SSRF
- Disables dangerous DTDs
- Filters malicious XML
📋 LDAP Injection Blocking
Blocks LDAP injection attempts
Blocks LDAP injection attempts through comprehensive input filtering.
- Detects LDAP metacharacters
- Blocks filter manipulation
- Prevents LDAP query tampering
- Input sanitization
🍃 NoSQL Injection Blocking
Prevents NoSQL database injection attacks
Prevents NoSQL database injection attacks through specialized filtering.
- Detects MongoDB operators
- Blocks JavaScript injection
- Prefers parameter pollution
- Validates JSON inputs
📝 SSTI Detection Blocking
Blocks Server-Side Template Injection attacks
Blocks Server-Side Template Injection attacks across multiple template engines.
- Detects template syntax
- Blocks RCE via templates
- Prevents information disclosure
- Engine-specific detection
🔄 CSRF Check Blocking
Prevents Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks
Prevents Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks through token validation.
- CSRF token validation
- Origin header checking
- Same-site verification
- Anti-automation measures
🖱️ Clickjacking Blocking
Prevents clickjacking/frame hijacking attempts
Prevents clickjacking and frame hijacking attempts.
- X-Frame-Options enforcement
- CSP frame-ancestors directive
- Frame-busting detection
- UI redress attack prevention
🔍 Vulnerability Scanner Blocking
Blocks automated vulnerability scanners
Blocks automated vulnerability scanners through advanced detection.
- Detects scanner fingerprints
- Blocks common scanning tools
- Identifies reconnaissance
- Prevents vulnerability probing
💻 Terminal Access Blocking
Prevents unauthorized terminal/console access
Prevents unauthorized terminal and console access attempts.
- Blocks reverse shells
- Detects command injection
- Prevents RCE attempts
- Filters shell commands
🛡️ jQuery Guard Blocking
Protects against jQuery-based attacks
Protects against jQuery-based attacks and vulnerabilities.
- Blocks jQuery XSS vectors
- Prevents jQuery DOM manipulation
- Detects jQuery exploitation
- CVE-specific protections
📡 Scan Technique Blocking
Blocks advanced scanning techniques
Blocks advanced scanning techniques used by professional attackers.
- Detects slow scans
- Blocks distributed scanning
- Identifies evasion techniques
- Prevents fingerprinting
Core Security Features
🔒 SQL Injection Protection (A1)
Protects against SQL injection attacks (OWASP Top 10 A1)
Comprehensive protection against SQL injection attacks, addressing OWASP Top 10 A1.
- Advanced SQLi detection
- Prevents data exfiltration
- Blocks injection attempts
- Database-agnostic protection
🔐 Sensitive Data Encryption (A3)
Ensures sensitive data is properly encrypted (OWASP Top 10 A3)
Ensures sensitive data is properly encrypted and protected.
- Automatic encryption enforcement
- Prevents data leakage
- PCI-DSS compliance support
- GDPR data protection
📄 XML External Entities Blocked (A4)
Prevents XXE attacks (OWASP Top 10 A4)
Prevents XML External Entity attacks through comprehensive XML filtering.
- Blocks external entity expansion
- Prevents XXE-based SSRF
- Disables dangerous DTDs
- XML parsing protection
📁 Path Traversal Protection (A5)
Blocks directory/path traversal attempts (OWASP Top 10 A5)
Blocks directory/path traversal attempts, addressing OWASP Top 10 A5.
- Blocks directory traversal
- Prevents file access
- Protects sensitive paths
- URL normalization
⚙️ Misconfiguration Scan (A6)
Detects and blocks security misconfigurations (OWASP Top 10 A6)
Detects and blocks security misconfigurations, addressing OWASP Top 10 A6.
- Scans for misconfigurations
- Blocks exposed admin panels
- Prevents default credential use
- Security header validation
⚠️ XSS Protection (A7)
Prevents Cross-Site Scripting attacks (OWASP Top 10 A7)
Prevents Cross-Site Scripting attacks, addressing OWASP Top 10 A7.
- Reflected XSS prevention
- Stored XSS blocking
- DOM-based XSS protection
- Content Security Policy
📦 Insecure Deserialization Block (A8)
Blocks insecure deserialization attempts (OWASP Top 10 A8)
Blocks insecure deserialization attempts, addressing OWASP Top 10 A8.
- Detects malicious serialized objects
- Blocks RCE via deserialization
- Prevents object injection
- Java/PHP/Python protection
📊 Logging and Monitoring (A10)
Ensures proper logging and monitoring (OWASP Top 10 A10)
Ensures proper logging and monitoring, addressing OWASP Top 10 A10.
- Comprehensive request logging
- Real-time threat monitoring
- ClickHouse analytics
- Alert generation
🐌 Slowloris Protection
Protects against Slowloris DDoS attacks
Protects against Slowloris DDoS attacks through connection management.
- Detects slow connections
- Manages partial requests
- Timeout enforcement
- Connection limiting
📏 Header Length Limit
Limits maximum HTTP header length to 3019 bytes
Limits maximum HTTP header length to 3019 bytes to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
- Enforces header size limits
- Prevents header overflow
- Blocks oversized requests
- Memory protection
🌊 Flooding Attacks Protection
Protects against request flooding attacks
Protects against request flooding attacks through intelligent rate control.
- Detects request bursts
- Blocks flood attacks
- Adaptive rate limiting
- DDoS mitigation
🔍 Header Scan Protection
Scans and validates HTTP headers for attacks
Scans and validates HTTP headers for potential attacks and anomalies.
- Header injection detection
- Malformed header blocking
- Security header validation
- Custom header rules
🍪 Cookie Tampering Protection
Prevents cookie modification/tampering attempts
Prevents cookie modification and tampering attempts through validation.
- Cookie integrity checking
- Encryption enforcement
- Session fixation prevention
- Tamper detection
🔑 Session Cookie Validation
Validates session cookies for security
Validates session cookies to ensure session integrity and security.
- Session ID validation
- Expiration checking
- Signature verification
- Replay attack prevention
📊 Client Behavior Analysis
Analyzes client behavior patterns for anomalies
Analyzes client behavior patterns to detect anomalies and threats.
- Behavioral baselining
- Anomaly detection
- Session analysis
- Pattern recognition
🚫 Block Malformed Headers
Blocks requests with malformed/invalid HTTP headers
Blocks requests with malformed or invalid HTTP headers.
- Header syntax validation
- Protocol compliance
- Blocks malformed requests
- Prevents evasion
🔄 CSRF Protection
Prevents Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks
Prevents Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks through multiple layers.
- Token validation
- Origin checking
- SameSite enforcement
- Anti-automation
🌐 SSRF Protection
Blocks Server-Side Request Forgery attempts
Blocks Server-Side Request Forgery attempts through comprehensive filtering.
- Blocks internal IP requests
- Prevents metadata access
- URL validation
- DNS rebinding protection
⌨️ Command Injection Protection
Prevents OS command injection attacks
Prevents OS command injection attacks through rigorous input validation.
- Shell metacharacter filtering
- Command chaining prevention
- RCE attempt blocking
- Input sanitization
🔨 Brute Force Protection
Protects against brute force login attempts
Protects against brute force login attempts through intelligent rate limiting.
- Login attempt limiting
- IP-based blocking
- CAPTCHA integration
- Account lockout
🔄 DNS Rebinding Protection
Prevents DNS rebinding attacks
Prevents DNS rebinding attacks through intelligent DNS validation.
- DNS response validation
- Internal IP blocking
- Pin-based protection
- Same-origin enforcement
⏱️ Time Check Client Protection
Validates client time-based security checks
Validates client time-based security checks to prevent replay and automation.
- Timestamp validation
- Request freshness checks
- Replay attack prevention
- Time-based tokens
🧅 Tor Exit Node Blocking
Blocks requests from Tor exit nodes
Blocks requests from Tor exit nodes to prevent anonymous attacks.
- Tor exit node detection
- Real-time node list updates
- Anonymous traffic blocking
- Custom allowlisting
🔒 Information Detected Protection
Prevents information disclosure/sensitive data exposure
Prevents information disclosure and sensitive data exposure.
- PII detection and blocking
- Credential leak prevention
- API key masking
- Error message sanitization
📁 Extension Protection
Protects against malicious file extension attacks
Protects against malicious file extension attacks and uploads.
- Blocks dangerous extensions
- File type validation
- MIME type checking
- Upload filtering
🌍 IP Reputation Check
Checks IP addresses against reputation databases
Checks IP addresses against reputation databases for threat intelligence.
- Real-time reputation checks
- Multiple feed integration
- Malicious IP blocking
- Dynamic blacklisting
🕶️ Block Headless Browser
Detects and blocks headless browser automation
Detects and blocks headless browser automation tools.
- Headless Chrome detection
- Puppeteer/Playwright blocking
- PhantomJS detection
- Automation fingerprinting
📝 Payload Signature Check
Validates payloads against rules/payload_signatures.txt
Validates payloads against comprehensive signature database.
- Signature-based detection
- Custom rule support
- Pattern matching
- Known attack blocking
🎥 Video Download Protection
Protects video content from unauthorized download
Protects video content (mp4, mp3, m3u8, png) from unauthorized download.
- Stream protection
- Hotlink prevention
- Download blocking
- Content access control
📜 WAF JS Inject
Injects JavaScript protection into web pages
Injects JavaScript protection into web pages for client-side security.
- Bot detection scripts
- Behavioral analysis
- Client fingerprinting
- Anti-automation measures
🌐 IPv6 Protection
Enables security protections for IPv6 traffic
Enables comprehensive security protections for IPv6 traffic.
- IPv6 attack detection
- IPv6 reputation checks
- IPv6 rate limiting
- IPv6 geo-blocking
Additional Security Features
🔔 Real-Time Alerts - Slack
Sends real-time security alerts and notifications to Slack channel
Sends real-time security alerts and notifications to Slack channels.
- Instant threat notifications
- Custom alert rules
- Incident reporting
- Team collaboration
📝 Lua Scripting Support
Custom security logic implementation using Lua scripting
Custom security logic implementation using Lua scripting for flexibility.
- Custom rule creation
- Dynamic response logic
- Integration capabilities
- Extensible architecture
🔒 VPN Blocking
Detects and blocks requests from VPN services and proxies
Detects and blocks requests from VPN services and proxy networks.
- VPN IP detection
- Proxy server blocking
- Anonymizer detection
- Datacenter proxy filtering
🤖 Bad Bot Blocking
Identifies and blocks malicious bot traffic
Identifies and blocks malicious bot traffic while allowing legitimate bots.
- Malicious bot detection
- Scraper blocking
- Credential stuffing prevention
- Automated attack mitigation
📱 Agent UA Blocking
Blocks requests based on suspicious User-Agent strings
Blocks requests based on suspicious or malicious User-Agent strings.
- Suspicious UA detection
- Empty UA blocking
- Known malicious UA filtering
- Custom UA rules
🔍 SEO Bot Analysis
Analyzes and validates legitimate search engine bots
Analyzes and validates legitimate search engine bots for SEO optimization.
- Googlebot verification
- Bingbot validation
- Reverse DNS checking
- Bot allowlisting
📝 Signatures Blocking
Blocks requests matching known attack signatures
Blocks requests matching known attack signatures from comprehensive databases.
- CVE signature matching
- Attack pattern detection
- Custom signature support
- Regular updates
🧅 Tor Exit Node Monitor and Blocking
Monitors and blocks requests from Tor exit nodes
Monitors and blocks requests from Tor exit nodes with real-time updates.
- Tor network monitoring
- Exit node detection
- Anonymous traffic blocking
- Custom exemptions
🚫 IP Blocking
Blocks requests from specific IP addresses or IP ranges
Blocks requests from specific IP addresses or IP ranges with flexible rules.
- Single IP blocking
- CIDR range blocking
- Dynamic blacklisting
- Whitelist support
📁 Path Blocking
Blocks access to specific URL paths/directories
Blocks access to specific URL paths and directories for granular control.
- Sensitive path protection
- Admin area blocking
- Pattern-based blocking
- Exception handling
📨 Headers Blocking
Blocks requests containing specific HTTP headers
Blocks requests containing specific HTTP headers or header patterns.
- Suspicious header filtering
- Header value validation
- Custom header rules
- Header injection prevention
🌐 Hostname Blocking
Blocks requests based on hostname/domain
Blocks requests based on hostname or domain for virtual host protection.
- Domain-based filtering
- Subdomain blocking
- Referrer validation
- Host header protection
🗺️ Country Blocking
Blocks traffic from specific countries (geo-blocking)
Blocks traffic from specific countries with granular geo-blocking controls.
- Country-level filtering
- Region-based blocking
- GeoIP database integration
- Allow/block lists
📄 Body Content Blocking
Blocks requests containing specific patterns in request body
Blocks requests containing specific patterns in request body for deep inspection.
- POST data filtering
- JSON payload inspection
- XML content validation
- Malicious pattern detection
🔍 Query Blocking
Blocks requests based on query string parameters
Blocks requests based on query string parameters and patterns.
- SQL injection detection
- XSS in query params
- Parameter pollution prevention
- Custom query filtering
🆔 CloFix ID Blocking
Blocks specific CloFix identification patterns
Blocks specific CloFix identification patterns for advanced threat detection.
- ID pattern matching
- Fingerprint validation
- Custom ID blocking
- Anomaly detection
🔢 ASN Blocking
Blocks traffic from specific Autonomous System Numbers
Blocks traffic from specific Autonomous System Numbers for network-level control.
- ASN-based filtering
- ISP/network blocking
- Cloud provider filtering
- Bogon ASN prevention