---
id: 8318
title: "Thoughts on Web Application Firewalls"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/web-application-pentesting/thoughts-on-web-application-firewalls/"
published_at: "2012-10-15T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["secure-coding", "sql-injection", "waf", "application-security", "defense-in-depth"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8318"
lang: en
---

# Thoughts on Web Application Firewalls

## Summary

Pushes back on the claim that WAFs beat fixing vulnerable code: filters can be bypassed, need lengthy tuning, and have their own flaws, so WAFs belong in defense-in-depth, not code substitution.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2012-10-15T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/web-application-pentesting/thoughts-on-web-application-firewalls/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8318