Azure updates

General availability: Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspection limit & size enforcement

Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway now supports greater control over request body inspection, and maximum size limits for request bodies and file uploads.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Security
• Features

Retirement: Support for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall v2 Configuration is ending

Target retirement date: March 15, 2027

On 15 March 2027, the Application Gateway WAF v2 Configuration will be retired. To continue using this service, switch to the Application Gateway WAF v2 Policy before the retirement date.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Security
• Retirements

Public preview: Azure Application Gateway introduces support for TLS and TCP protocols

TLS and TCP protocol support now available through Azure Application Gateway.

• Application Gateway
• Security
• Services
• Management
• Features

General availability: Security Update for Azure Front Door WAF CVE-2023-50164

Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s global WAF running on Azure Front Door.

• Azure Front Door
• Web Application Firewall
• Security
• Services
• Features

General availability: Rate-limit rules for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall

Protect applications from abnormally high levels of traffic with rate-limit rules on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.

• Application Gateway
• Web Application Firewall
• Security
• Features

General availability: Default Rule Set 2.1 for regional WAF with Application Gateway

Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now generally available on the regional WAF with Application Gateway

• Application Gateway
• Web Application Firewall
• Security
• Services
• Features

General availability: Sensitive Data Protection for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall

Protect the sensitive data getting stored in your Web Application Firewall (WAF) using log scrubbing on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.

• Application Gateway
• Web Application Firewall
• Security
• Features

Azure Firewall: Explicit Proxy is now in public preview

This configuration allows traffic from the sending application to be directed to the private IP address of the firewall, facilitating direct egress from the firewall without the need for a UDR.

• Azure Firewall
• Security
• Services
• Features

Public preview: Sensitive Data Protection for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall logs

Protect the sensitive data getting stored in your Web Application Firewall (WAF) logs using log scrubbing on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.

• Application Gateway
• Web Application Firewall
• Security
• Features

Public Preview: Default Rule Set 2.1 for Regional WAF with Application Gateway

Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now in preview on Azure's regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) with Application Gateway.

• Application Gateway
• Web Application Firewall
• Security Information
• Security
• Services
• Features

General availability: Seamlessly upgrade your Application Gateway V2 WAF configuration to a policy

Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) on Application Gateway now supports a fully automated experience when upgrading your WAF from configuration to policy.

• Application Gateway
• Web Application Firewall
• Security
• Features

General availability: IP Protection SKU for Azure DDoS Protection

IP Protection provides cost-effective, enterprise-grade DDoS protection designed to meet the needs of SMB.

• Azure DDoS Protection
• Security
• Services

General availability: Scale improvements and metrics enhancements on Azure’s regional WAF

Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway now supports improved scale limits, including HTTP listener count, as well as additional metrics dimensions.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Security
• Features

General availability: Feature enhancements to Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Azure’s WAF now supports multiple new features - SQLi and XSS detection queries, new built-in Azure policies, and increased exclusions limit with support for exclusions on bot manager rule set.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Azure Front Door
• Security
• Features