Common use cases for firewall rules
The following common use cases illustrate how to secure web traffic to your sites and applications with firewall rules:
- Block Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover requests
- Block requests by Threat Score
- Challenge bad bots
- Exempt partners from Hotlink Protection
- Require a specific cookie
- Require a valid HMAC token
- Require specific HTTP headers
- Require specific HTTP ports
- Site administration — Require known IP addresses
- Stop R-U-Dead-Yet? (R.U.D.Y.) attacks
- Update firewall rules for customers or partners