azure-waf

azure-waf is a Hardening & security compliance skill for AI agents, published by vinayaklatthe in the microsoft-security-skills repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates azure-waf C (74/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Guidance for Azure Web Application Firewall — deployed on Azure Front Door (global, edge-tier) or Azure Application Gateway (regional, integrated with backend pools). Covers WAF policy design with managed rule sets (Microsoft Default Rule Set, Bot Manager, OWASP CRS), custom rules (rate limit, geo-block, IP allow/deny), exclusion design (the long-tail tuning task that decides whether WAF stays in Prevention), JSON challenge / CAPTCHA, log analytics integration, false-positive triage workflow, integration with Defender for Cloud and Sentinel, regional vs global trade-off, and migration from third-party WAF. WHEN: Azure WAF, Front Door WAF, Application Gateway WAF, OWASP CRS Azure, bot manager Azure, WAF custom rules, WAF rate limiting, WAF false positives, WAF exclusions, WAF prevention vs detection, JSON challenge WAF, geo-block WAF. DO NOT USE for L3/L4 DDoS (use azure-ddos-protection), Azure Firewall design (use azure-firewall), or non-HTTP workloads.

Grade

C

Quality

74 / 100

Safety

Passed

GitHub stars

158

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