Acronyms
Acronyms, are used all the time and the author /presentor is usually convinced that everyone in the audience understands what they mean, but every once in a while you hear or read something that you are not sure of the meaning. We are all professionals, that do not want to look like we are the only one in the room who does not know. So after hearing a talk or reading an article we often find ourselves looking it up; this can become confusing because acronyms mean different things when we search outside our field. For example CEwhat does it mean? The letters "CE" are the abbreviation of French phrase "ConformitéEuropéene" which literally means "European Conformity". In the dictionary you will probably find CE meaningCommon Era or ChristianEra.When looking for a more modern meaning, we will find it may mean Consumer Electronics. But here in our community, when someone writes CE, they mean Customer Edge. Here, you have, at your fingertips a list of acronyms, unconfused with other fields. Please let me know ifI missedany acronyms so I can add them to our list. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | A ACL - Access Control List ADC -Application Delivery Controller ADN -Application delivery network ADO - Application Delivery Optimization ALG - Application Layer Gateway AI - Artificial Intelligence AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML API - Application Programming Interface APM - Access Policy Manager ASM - Application Security Manager (F5’s Application Security Manager™ ASM is also known as BD) AWAF - Advanced Web Application Firewall AWS - Amazon Web Services B BaDos -Behaviour AniDDoS (Behaviour AniDDoS, an F5 product that is used against DDoS) BDM -- Business Decision Maker BGP - Border Gateway Protocol BOO - Build Once Only C CDN -Content Delivery Network CE - Customer Edge CGNAT - Carrier Grade NAT CIA triad - Confidentiality, Integrity,Availability (triad Security model) CIFS - Common Internet file system CRS - Core RuleSet CRUD -Create , Read, Update, Delete CSRF - Cross-Site Request Forgery, also known as XSRF CUPS - Control Plane and User Plane Separation CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and exposures CVSS - Common Vulnerability Scoring System D DAP - Digital Adoption Plateform DAST - Dynamic testing. (Examples of such tools Qualys and Nessus) DB - Database DC - Direct Communication / Direct Connect DDoS - Distributed Denial-of-Service DGW - Default Gateway Weight Settings Protocol (DGW) DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DIO - Distribution Initiated Opportunity DLP - Data Loss Protection DMZ - Demilitarized Zone [Demilitarized Zone DNS - Domain Name System DoH - DNS over HTTP DoT - DNS over TLS DPIAs - Data Protection Impact Assessment DRP - Disaster Recovery Plan DSR - Data Subject Rights E ELA - Enterprise License Agreement EDPB - European Data Protection Board EDR - Endpoint Detection and Response EPP - Endpoint Protection Platforms EUSA - End User Software Agreement F FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards FPGA - field-programmable gate array FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name FRR - FRRouting G GDPR - General Data Protection Regulations GKE - Google Kubernetes Engine GPU - Graphic Processing Unit GSLB - Volterra’s Global Load Balancing gRPC - Google Remote Procedure Call H HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act HMAC -Hash-based message authentication HSL - High-Speed Logging HTTP - Hypertext Transfer HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol I IANA- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IBD - Integrated Bot Defense ICO - Information Commission Office IDS - Intrusion Detection System IIoT -Industrial Internet of Things ILM - Information Lifecycle Management IoT - Internet of Things IPAM- IP Address Management IPSec - Internet Protocol Security IR - Incidence Response ISO - Standardization Organization ISP- Internet Service Provider J JS - Javascript K KMS - Key Management Service / Key Management System KPI - Key Performance Indicator KV - Key Value k8s - Kubernetics L L7 - Layer 7 - The application layer LB - Load Balancer LBaaS - Load Balancing as a Service LDAP -Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LFI - Local File Exclusion attack LTM - Local Traffic Manager M MAM - Mobile Application Management MDM - Mobile Device Management MFA - Multi-Factor Authentication MitM - Man in the Middle ML - Machine Learning MSA - Master Service Agreement MSP - Managed Service Provider MT - Managed Tenant mTLS - Mutual Transport Layer Security MUD - Malicious User Detection MUM - Malicious User Mitigation N NAP - Network access point NAS - Network-Attached Storage NAT- Network Address Translation NIC - NetworkInterface Cards NFV - Network functions NFVI - Network functions virtualization NPU - Network Processing Units O OAS - OpenAPI Specification (Swagger) OPA - Open Policy Agent OT - Original Tenant OWASP - Open Web Application Security Project P PAAS - Platform as a service (PaaS PBD - Proactive Bot Defence. PCI DSS - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. PBD - Privacy by Design PE - Portable executable PFS - Perfect Forward Secrecy PIA - Privacy Impact Assessments PII - Personally identifiable information POP - Point of Presence Q QoS -Quality of Service R RBAC - Role based Access control RCE - Remote Code Execution RDP- Remote Desktop Protocol RE - Routing Engine, Regional Edges REST - Representational State Transfer *[[Rest API -Representational State Transfer]]* RFI - Request For Information OR Remote File Inclusion vulnerability attack RFP - Request for Proposal RPC - Remote Procedure Call RSA – (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) is a public-key cryptosystem RTT - Round Trip Time S SAM - Security Accounts Manager SAML - Security Assertion Markup Language SCIM - System for Cross-domain Identity Management SCP - Secure Copy Protocol SCP - Server Communication Proxy SDC - F5 Security and Distributed Cloud SDK - Software Development Kit SDN - Software Defined Network SE - Solutions Engineer SIEM - Security Information & Event Management SLA - Service Level Availability SLED -State,Local Government and Education SLI - Service Level Indicator SNAT- Source Network Address Translation SOC - Security Operations Center SP - Service Provider SPK - Service Proxy for Kubernetes SRE - Site reliability engineering SRT - Security Research Team at F5 SSD - Solid State Drive SSL - Secure Sockets Layer SSO - Single Sign On SSRF - Server-side request forgery STRIDE - Spoofing, Tampering,Repudiation,Information Leakage, Denial of Service, Elevation of Privilege (a TMA Model) T TCL - Tool Command Language TCP - [Transmission Control Protocol TDM -Technical Decision Maker TLS - Transport layer Security TMA - Threat Model Assessment TO - Tenant Owner TOCTOU - Time of Check vs Time of Use TOI - Transfer of Information TTFB - Time to First Bit TTL - Time to Live U UAM - User Access Management UI - User Interface URI - Uniform Resource URL - Uniform Resource Locator UX - User Experience V VER - Volterra Edge Router VES - Volterra Edge Services VIF - virtual interface VIP - Virtual IP address VM - Virtual Machine Vnet - Virtual network VPC - Virtual Private Cloud VPN - Virtual Private Network VRS - Volterra Rules Set W WAAP - Web Application& API Protection WAF - Web application firewall WPA3 - Wi-Fi Alliance Access 3 X XML - Extensible Markup Language [XML - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML) XSS - Cross Site Scripting XSRF - Cross-Site Request Forgery, also known as CSRF Y Z ZTNA -Zero Trust Network Access ZTP - Zero-Touch Provisioning ZTS - Zero Trust SecurityAdvanced WAF v16.0 - Declarative API
Since v15.1 (in draft), F5® BIG-IP® Advanced WAF™ canimport Declarative WAF policy in JSON format. The F5® BIG-IP® Advanced Web Application Firewall (Advanced WAF) security policies can be deployed using the declarative JSON format, facilitating easy integration into a CI/CD pipeline. The declarative policies are extracted from a source control system, for example Git, and imported into the BIG-IP. Using the provided declarative policy templates, you can modify the necessary parameters, save the JSON file, and import the updated security policy into your BIG-IP devices. The declarative policy copies the content of the template and adds the adjustments and modifications on to it. The templates therefore allow you to concentrate only on the specific settings that need to be adapted for the specific application that the policy protects. ThisDeclarative WAF JSON policyis similar toNGINX App Protect policy. You can find more information on theDeclarative Policyhere : NAP :https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-app-protect/policy/ Adv. WAF :https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-15-1-0/big-ip-declarative-security-policy.html Audience This guide is written for IT professionals who need to automate their WAF policy and are familiar with Advanced WAF configuration. These IT professionals can fill a variety of roles: SecOps deploying and maintaining WAF policy in Advanced WAF DevOps deploying applications in modern environment and willing to integrate Advanced WAF in their CI/CD pipeline F5 partners who sell technology or create implementation documentation This article covershow to PUSH/PULL a declarative WAF policy in Advanced WAF: With Postman With AS3 Table of contents Upload Policy in BIG-IP Check the import Apply the policy OpenAPI Spec File import AS3 declaration CI/CD integration Find the Policy-ID Update an existing policy Video demonstration First of all, you need aJSON WAF policy, as below : { "policy": { "name": "policy-api-arcadia", "description": "Arcadia API", "template": { "name": "POLICY_TEMPLATE_API_SECURITY" }, "enforcementMode": "blocking", "server-technologies": [ { "serverTechnologyName": "MySQL" }, { "serverTechnologyName": "Unix/Linux" }, { "serverTechnologyName": "MongoDB" } ], "signature-settings": { "signatureStaging": false }, "policy-builder": { "learnOnlyFromNonBotTraffic": false } } } 1. Upload Policy in BIG-IP There are 2 options to upload a JSON file into the BIG-IP: 1.1 Either youPUSHthe file into the BIG-IP and you IMPORT IT OR 1.2 the BIG-IPPULLthe file froma repository (and the IMPORT is included)<- BEST option 1.1PUSH JSON file into the BIG-IP The call is below. As you can notice, it requires a 'Content-Range' header. And the value is 0-(filesize-1)/filesize. In the example below, the file size is 662 bytes. This is not easy to integrate in a CICD pipeline, so we created the PULL method instead of the PUSH (in v16.0) curl --location --request POST 'https://10.1.1.12/mgmt/tm/asm/file-transfer/uploads/policy-api.json' \ --header 'Content-Range: 0-661/662' \ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-binary '@/C:/Users/user/Desktop/policy-api.json' At this stage,the policy is still a filein the BIG-IP file system. We need toimportit into Adv. WAF. To do so, the next call is required. This call import the file "policy-api.json" uploaded previously. AnCREATEthe policy /Common/policy-api-arcadia curl --location --request POST 'https://10.1.1.12/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy/' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/javascript' \ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \ --data-raw '{ "filename":"policy-api.json", "policy": { "fullPath":"/Common/policy-api-arcadia" } }' 1.2PULL JSON file from a repository Here, theJSON file is hosted somewhere(in Gitlab or Github ...). And theBIG-IP will pull it. The call is below. As you can notice, the call refers to the remote repo and the body is a JSON payload. Just change the link value with your JSON policy URL. With one call, the policy isPULLEDandIMPORTED. curl --location --request POST 'https://10.1.1.12/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy/' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \ --data-raw '{ "fileReference": { "link": "http://10.1.20.4/root/as3-waf/-/raw/master/policy-api.json" } }' Asecond versionof this call exists, and refer to the fullPath of the policy.This will allow you to update the policy, from a second version of the JSON file, easily.One call for the creation and the update. As you can notice below, we add the"policy":"fullPath" directive. The value of the "fullPath" is thepartitionand thename of the policyset in the JSON policy file. This method is VERY USEFUL for CI/CD integrations. curl --location --request POST 'https://10.1.1.12/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy/' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \ --data-raw '{ "fileReference": { "link": "http://10.1.20.4/root/as3-waf/-/raw/master/policy-api.json" }, "policy": { "fullPath":"/Common/policy-api-arcadia" } }' 2. Check the IMPORT Check if the IMPORT worked. To do so, run the next call. curl --location --request GET 'https://10.1.1.12/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy/' \ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \ You should see a 200 OK, with the content below (truncated in this example). Please notice the"status":"COMPLETED". { "kind": "tm:asm:tasks:import-policy:import-policy-taskcollectionstate", "selfLink": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy?ver=16.0.0", "totalItems": 11, "items": [ { "isBase64": false, "executionStartTime": "2020-07-21T15:50:22Z", "status": "COMPLETED", "lastUpdateMicros": 1.595346627e+15, "getPolicyAttributesOnly": false, ... From now, your policy is imported and created in the BIG-IP. You can assign it to a VS as usual (Imperative Call or AS3 Call).But in the next session, I will show you how to create a Service with AS3 including the WAF policy. 3. APPLY the policy As you may know, a WAF policy needs to be applied after each change. This is the call. curl --location --request POST 'https://10.1.1.12/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/apply-policy/' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \ --data-raw '{"policy":{"fullPath":"/Common/policy-api-arcadia"}}' 4. OpenAPI spec file IMPORT As you know,Adv. WAF supports OpenAPI spec (2.0 and 3.0). Now, with the declarative WAF, we can import the OAS file as well. The BEST solution, is toPULL the OAS filefrom a repo. And in most of the customer' projects, it will be the case. In the example below, the OAS file is hosted in SwaggerHub(Github for Swagger files). But the file could reside in a private Gitlab repo for instance. The URL of the projectis :https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/F5EMEASSA/Arcadia-OAS3/1.0.0-oas3 The URL of the OAS file is :https://api.swaggerhub.com/apis/F5EMEASSA/Arcadia-OAS3/1.0.0-oas3 This swagger file (OpenAPI 3.0 Spec file) includes all the application URL and parameters. What's more, it includes the documentation (for NGINX APIm Dev Portal). Now, it ispretty easy to create a WAF JSON Policy with API Security template, referring to the OAS file. Below, you can notice thenew section "open-api-files"with the link reference to SwaggerHub. And thenew templatePOLICY_TEMPLATE_API_SECURITY. Now, when I upload / import and apply the policy, Adv. WAF will download the OAS file from SwaggerHub and create the policy based on API_Security template. { "policy": { "name": "policy-api-arcadia", "description": "Arcadia API", "template": { "name": "POLICY_TEMPLATE_API_SECURITY" }, "enforcementMode": "blocking", "server-technologies": [ { "serverTechnologyName": "MySQL" }, { "serverTechnologyName": "Unix/Linux" }, { "serverTechnologyName": "MongoDB" } ], "signature-settings": { "signatureStaging": false }, "policy-builder": { "learnOnlyFromNonBotTraffic": false }, "open-api-files": [ { "link": "https://api.swaggerhub.com/apis/F5EMEASSA/Arcadia-OAS3/1.0.0-oas3" } ] } } 5. AS3 declaration Now, it is time to learn how we cando all of these steps in one call with AS3(3.18 minimum). The documentation is here :https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/declarations/application-security.html?highlight=waf_policy#virtual-service-referencing-an-external-security-policy With thisAS3 declaration, we: Import the WAF policy from a external repo Import the Swagger file (if the WAF policy refers to an OAS file) from an external repo Create the service { "class": "AS3", "action": "deploy", "persist": true, "declaration": { "class": "ADC", "schemaVersion": "3.2.0", "id": "Prod_API_AS3", "API-Prod": { "class": "Tenant", "defaultRouteDomain": 0, "API": { "class": "Application", "template": "generic", "VS_API": { "class": "Service_HTTPS", "remark": "Accepts HTTPS/TLS connections on port 443", "virtualAddresses": ["10.1.10.27"], "redirect80": false, "pool": "pool_NGINX_API_AS3", "policyWAF": { "use": "Arcadia_WAF_API_policy" }, "securityLogProfiles": [{ "bigip": "/Common/Log all requests" }], "profileTCP": { "egress": "wan", "ingress": { "use": "TCP_Profile" } }, "profileHTTP": { "use": "custom_http_profile" }, "serverTLS": { "bigip": "/Common/arcadia_client_ssl" } }, "Arcadia_WAF_API_policy": { "class": "WAF_Policy", "url": "http://10.1.20.4/root/as3-waf-api/-/raw/master/policy-api.json", "ignoreChanges": true }, "pool_NGINX_API_AS3": { "class": "Pool", "monitors": ["http"], "members": [{ "servicePort": 8080, "serverAddresses": ["10.1.20.9"] }] }, "custom_http_profile": { "class": "HTTP_Profile", "xForwardedFor": true }, "TCP_Profile": { "class": "TCP_Profile", "idleTimeout": 60 } } } } } 6. CI/CID integration As you can notice, it is very easy to create a service with a WAF policy pulled from an external repo. So, it is easy to integrate these calls (or the AS3 call) into a CI/CD pipeline. Below, an Ansible playbook example. This playbook run the AS3 call above. That's it :) --- - hosts: bigip connection: local gather_facts: false vars: my_admin: "admin" my_password: "admin" bigip: "10.1.1.12" tasks: - name: Deploy AS3 WebApp uri: url: "https://{{ bigip }}/mgmt/shared/appsvcs/declare" method: POST headers: "Content-Type": "application/json" "Authorization": "Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=" body: "{{ lookup('file','as3.json') }}" body_format: json validate_certs: no status_code: 200 7. FIND the Policy-ID When the policy is created, a Policy-ID is assigned. By default, this ID doesn't appearanywhere. Neither in the GUI, nor in the response after the creation. You have to calculate it or ask for it. This ID is required for several actions in a CI/CD pipeline. 7.1 Calculate the Policy-ID Wecreated this python script to calculate the Policy-ID. It is an hash from the Policy name (including the partition). For the previous created policy named"/Common/policy-api-arcadia",the policy ID is"Ar5wrwmFRroUYsMA6DuxlQ" Paste this python codein a newwaf-policy-id.pyfile, and run the commandpython waf-policy-id.py "/Common/policy-api-arcadia" Outcome will beThe Policy-ID for /Common/policy-api-arcadia is: Ar5wrwmFRroUYsMA6DuxlQ #!/usr/bin/python from hashlib import md5 import base64 import sys pname = sys.argv[1] print 'The Policy-ID for', sys.argv[1], 'is:', base64.b64encode(md5(pname.encode()).digest()).replace("=", "") 7.2 Retrieve the Policy-ID and fullPath with a REST API call Make this call below, and you will see in the response, all the policy creations. Find yours and collect thePolicyReference directive.The Policy-ID is in the link value "link": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/asm/policies/Ar5wrwmFRroUYsMA6DuxlQ?ver=16.0.0" You can see as well, at the end of the definition, the "fileReference"referring to the JSON file pulled by the BIG-IP. And please notice the"fullPath", required if you want to update your policy curl --location --request GET 'https://10.1.1.12/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy/' \ --header 'Content-Range: 0-601/601' \ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \ { "isBase64": false, "executionStartTime": "2020-07-22T11:23:42Z", "status": "COMPLETED", "lastUpdateMicros": 1.595417027e+15, "getPolicyAttributesOnly": false, "kind": "tm:asm:tasks:import-policy:import-policy-taskstate", "selfLink": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy/B45J0ySjSJ9y9fsPZ2JNvA?ver=16.0.0", "filename": "", "policyReference": { "link": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/asm/policies/Ar5wrwmFRroUYsMA6DuxlQ?ver=16.0.0", "fullPath": "/Common/policy-api-arcadia" }, "endTime": "2020-07-22T11:23:47Z", "startTime": "2020-07-22T11:23:42Z", "id": "B45J0ySjSJ9y9fsPZ2JNvA", "retainInheritanceSettings": false, "result": { "policyReference": { "link": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/asm/policies/Ar5wrwmFRroUYsMA6DuxlQ?ver=16.0.0", "fullPath": "/Common/policy-api-arcadia" }, "message": "The operation was completed successfully. The security policy name is '/Common/policy-api-arcadia'. " }, "fileReference": { "link": "http://10.1.20.4/root/as3-waf/-/raw/master/policy-api.json" } }, 8 UPDATE an existing policy It is pretty easy to update the WAF policy from a new JSON file version. To do so, collect from the previous call7.2 Retrieve the Policy-ID and fullPath with a REST API callthe"Policy" and"fullPath"directive. This is the path of the Policy in the BIG-IP. Then run the call below, same as1.2 PULL JSON file from a repository,but add thePolicy and fullPath directives Don't forget to APPLY this new version of the policy3. APPLY the policy curl --location --request POST 'https://10.1.1.12/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy/' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \ --data-raw '{ "fileReference": { "link": "http://10.1.20.4/root/as3-waf/-/raw/master/policy-api.json" }, "policy": { "fullPath":"/Common/policy-api-arcadia" } }' TIP : this call, above, can be used in place of the FIRST call when we created the policy "1.2PULL JSON file from a repository". But be careful, the fullPath is the name set in the JSON policy file. The 2 values need to match: "name": "policy-api-arcadia" in the JSON Policy file pulled by the BIG-IP "policy":"fullPath" in the POST call 9 Video demonstration In order to help you to understand how it looks with the BIG-IP, I created this video covering 4 topics explained in this article : The JSON WAF policy Pull the policy from a remote repository Update the WAF policy with a new version of the declarative JSON file Deploy a full service with AS3 and Declarative WAF policy At the end of this video, you will be able to adapt the REST Declarative API calls to your infrastructure, in order to deploy protected services with your CI/CD pipelines. Direct link to the video on DevCentral YouTube channel : https://youtu.be/EDvVwlwEFRw
F5 XC articles published in the Technical Article section lately March 7 , 2023
Here is a list of the F5 XC articles that were published lately on DevCentral in the Technical Articles section. If you find them useful, please give a Kudo. We appreciate it and we know the author would as well. F5 Hybrid Security Architectures (Part 1 - F5's Distributed Cloud WAF and BIG-IP Advanced WAF) F5 Hybrid Security Architectures (Part 2 - F5's Distributed Cloud WAF and NGINX App Protect WAF) End-to-End Fraud and Risk Detection with F5 Distributed Cloud Silverline DDoS capabilities are now available in F5 Distributed Cloud Using F5 Distributed Cloud AppStack & CE Site Survivability Easily Protect Your Applications from DDoS with F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS Auto-Mitigation Mitigation of OWASP API6: 2019 Mass Assignment vulnerability using F5 Distributed Cloud Platform Overview of Trusted Client IP Headers in F5 Distributed Cloud Platform Demo Guide & Video Series for F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect (Multi-Cloud Networking) Prevention of OWASP API Security API2:2019 Broken Authentication using F5 Distributed Cloud Platform Mitigating OWASP Web App Top 10 2021 : A08-Software and Data Integrity Failures using F5 XC Platform Egress control for Kubernetes using F5 Distributed Cloud Services Comprehensive solution for OWASP Web App A09:2021 Security Logging & Monitoring Failures from F5 XC How To Protect Your Applications from Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) with F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense for Mobile Apps in XC WAAP Part 1: The Bot Defense Mobile SDK Deploy High-Availability and Latency-sensitive workloads with F5 Distributed Cloud Mitigation of OWASP Web Application Top 10 2021 A04:2021-Insecure Design using F5 XC platformF5 XC articles and videos published on DevCentral in the Technical Article lately - Sept-28-22
Here’s a list of F5 XC articles that were published on DevCentral in the Technical Article section lately.If you find them useful, give a Kudo, we’d appreciate it and we know the author would appreciate it too. F5 Distributed Cloud Web App and API Protection hybrid architecture for DevSecOps F5 Distributed Cloud WAF AI/ML Model to Suppress False Positives Introduction to OWASP API Security and F5 Distributed Cloud Web Application and API Protection Mitigation of OWASP TOP 10 A05:2021 Security Misconfiguration using F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP Mitigating OWASP API Security Top 10 API8:2019 Injection flaws using F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP Using a Kubernetes ServiceAccount for Service Discovery with F5 Distributed Cloud Services Per-app failover for Kubernetes-based services using F5 Distributed Cloud Services Protect an application exposed on Internet with F5 XC WAAP Protect an application spread across several locations with F5 XC WAAP and Multi-Cloud Networking Protect an application on-premises or in the cloud with F5 XC WAAP Customer Edge F5 Distributed Cloud Content Delivery Network: an overview and what's new Getting started with the F5 Distributed Cloud Web App and API Protection Demo Guide Part 1Welcome to the F5 XC Community User Group
Welcome to our new virtual community group within the F5 DevCentral. We want to build great products for you and you great solutions for your users. We cannot do that without discussion and partnership. We cannot do that unless we do it together. Please engage with us and each other as part of this open community. What is DevCentral?An online community (started in 2004 and 100% run by the F5 DevCentral team) for technical peers dedicated to learning, exchanging ideas, and solving problems together. Your access to the Distributed Cloud User Group also gives you access to the rest of DevCentral. We encourage you to check it out. What is theDistributed Cloud User Group? A public exclusive hub within the DevCentral community whereyou allcan congregate and connect with your peers and the F5 XC team. This community group was created toease knowledge-sharing and communication. To supply a frictionless forum to share and receive information that is critical to us all. Here customers and F5 employees alike can teach and share their best practices and learn from each other's experiences. To help us all understand the ins and outs of solutions and to gain the most value from them. Within the group you can: Start a new discussion [Forum] You can postanything(questions, observations, comments, etc.). Want to talk about Distributed Cloud, Security,WAAP (Web App and API) Protection), networking, CDN (Content Delivery Network), DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service), DNS (Domain Name System), application management services across public/private cloud, network edge compute or any other related topics? Ask questions about a current blog post, give advice on a new workaround, or get help from your peers with something? Use this type of post to do so. Feel free to give people kudos for posts, ask questions, and share comments on them too. Suggest an idea [Suggestions] No community is effective without conversation.Suggestionsposts are our venue for building input together. Here you can float ideas to be hardened by the constructive input of your peers and driven to a resolution with us. We probably can’t do everything under the sun, but this will really help us hear your voices, coordinate, and prioritize. Interact with your peers Note:Please do not use the group to request product support. Instead loginto your F5 XC Account.If you do not have an account, seeCreate an Account.Can you take a moment to fill out a Gartner Peer Review about Distributed Cloud?
As a valuedF5customer, wewould appreciate you writing a peer reviewabout our Distributed Cloud solution(s) on Gartner Peer Insights.It takes less than 10 minutes to complete a review and yourunbiased feedback will help others in making a confident purchasing decision. It will also go a long way in helping F5 deliver world class solutions. Ifyou submit a review by February 28 th and it is accepted by Gartner, you’ll receive a$25 gift card orthe optionto have a $25 charitable donationmade on your behalf.Please keep in mind: ·Reviews are anonymous:Your name and company will only be known to Gartner.Distribution of the reward is managed by Gartner. ·Gartner does not accept personal email addresses. Please use your business email or sign in with LinkedIn. ·Do not mention specific individualsto ensure your review is anonymous. ·Allsubmissions arereviewed by Gartnerto ensure validity and to maintain the integrity of the forum. Start your reviewfor Distributed Cloud WAF Start your reviewfor Distributed Cloud Bot Defense Thanks for your continued support ofF5!F5 Distributed Cloud Services Simulator
You can exploreF5 Distributed Cloud Services via the F5 interactive demo in the F5 Simulator. These interactive demos put you in the driver’s seat via a simulated GUI and command line interfaces. The F5XC simulators that at are currently available at theF5 Distributed Cloud Services Simulatorare: F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP. Explore how quickly you can deploy robust app protection for your apps with Distributed Cloud WAAP. F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense. Explore how F5 Distributed Cloud provides robust protection against automated attacks and malicious Bots. F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS Mitigation. Explore the robust and rich mitigation capabilities for Layer 7 Denial of Service (DoS) and Layer 3/4 Distributed DoS attacks using Fast Access Control List (ACL) capabilities of the F5 Distributed Cloud. Multi Cloud Transit Gateway.Securely interconnect multiple clouds with low-latency backbone transit using F5 Distributed Cloud Multi-Cloud Transit Gateway. Multi-cluster app mesh.Securely connect and manage multi-cloud networking of multiple Kubernetes (K8s) clusters with Layer 7 networking via HTTP Load Balancer. Multi-Cloud Networking: Cloud-to-Cloud via HTTP Load Balancer.Connect seamlessly and secure applications between multiple cloud networks using the F5 Distributed Cloud Platform. Multi-cluster app mesh.Securely connect and manage multi-cloud networking of multiple Kubernetes (K8s) clusters with Layer 7 networking via HTTP Load Balancer. Multi-Cloud Networking: Cloud-to-Cloud via HTTP Load Balancer.Connect seamlessly and secure applications between multiple cloud networks using the F5 Distributed Cloud Platform. Multi-Cloud Networking: Cloud-to-Cloud via Sites.Connect seamlessly and secure applications between multiple cloud networks. Multi-Cloud Networking Brownfield: Cloud-to-Cloud via Sites.Connect seamlessly and secure applications between multiple cloud networks with existing virtual networks. Cluster to cluster AWS Azure HTTP Load Balancer.Layer 7 (HTTP) connectivity of Kubernetes clusters in two clouds: AWS EKS and Azure AKS with service discovery. Cluster to cluster AWS Azure TCP Load Balancer.Layer 4 (TCP) connectivity of Kubernetes clusters in two clouds: AWS EKS and Azure AKS with service discovery. Deliver modern apps at the edge (CLI with kubectl).Use Kubectl in a Command Line Interface (CLI) to deploy your distributed apps on the F5 Global Network for increased performance, faster time-to-market, and global availability. Deliver modern apps at the edge (via Cloud Console).Improve time-to-market, performance, and global availability of your distributed apps on the F5 Global Network. Simulation via F5 Distributed Cloud ConsoleF5 XC articles and videos published on DevCentral in the Technical Article lately - Nov-9-22
Here’s a list of F5 XC articles that were published on DevCentral in the Technical Article section lately.If you find them useful, give a Kudo, we’d appreciate it and we know the author would appreciate it too. Mitigation of OWASP A06:2021 - Vulnerable & Outdated Components using F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP How to Split DNS with Managed Namespace on F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) Part 1 – DNS over HTTPS Learn How to Apply F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP with GKE via a Public GCP IP Address. Use F5 Distributed Cloud to control Primary and Secondary DNS How to Split DNS with Managed Namespace on F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) Part 2 – TCP & UDP How I did it - "Configuring remote logging for F5 Distributed Cloud Services" Mitigating OWASP API Sec Top 10 API7:2019 Security Misconfiguration using F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP Use F5 Distributed Cloud to service chain WAAP and CDN F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense Protecting AWS CloudFront Distributions Out of the Shadows: API Discovery, Inventory, and Security Detect and stop exfiltration attempts with F5 Distributed Cloud App Infrastructure Protection
