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List:       nginx
Subject:    Re: WordPress pingback mitigation
From:       lists () lazygranch ! com
Date:       2017-05-21 9:57:59
Message-ID: 20170521095759.5742678.52155.29009 () lazygranch ! com
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‎I suppose I'm stating the obvious, but if you are going to implement blocking \
schemes with either simple map matches or a full blown WAP like Naxsi, you will need \
a test suite. For a very simple website, you can just crawl it with wget and see what \
you broke. But if you have forms, databases, etc. you probably will have to resort to \
Selenium. And that just checks if you broke something, not if you stopped some \
exploit. 

There are enough Web testing companies that you can get an occasional demo. I used \
tinfoilsecurity.com and it found one mistake. Besides dotdotpwn, I don't know of any \
free exploit testers. Maybe the list can suggest a few.


  Original Message  
From: mex
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 2:25 AM
To: nginx@nginx.org
Reply To: nginx@nginx.org
Subject: Re: WordPress pingback mitigation

pbooth Wrote:
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> Wow- I really like the sound of naxsi. In the past I've used F5's ASM,
> the WAF built on their big-ip platform. It was powerful though prone
> to false positives. I don't believe there are any real shortcuts that
> allow you to build an effective waf without understanding the details
> of your own website. These simply aren't build, deploy and forget
> devices. It sounds a if the creator of naxsi understands this.
> 


hi, 

naxsi-ssupporter and doxi-rules-maintainer here.

FPs are an issue for any blocking-mechanism. 
what many people dont know: naxsi has an integrated whitelist-generator, 
allowing you to tune your WAF against your own application. for people with
staging/deployment - envoriments you can run anxsi there in learning-mode,
generating all whitelists needed on-the-fly and deploying them during your
regular deployments. 

maybe overdosed for smaller setups, but fitting perfectly into 
bigger setups. 


and yes, naxsi needs more documentation an beginner-based manuals.
maybe thios helps to understand the rules (and needs an update as well:)
https://zero.bs/naxis-rules-manual.html


regards, 


mex

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