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This article introduces Cloudflare's always-on Attack Signature Detection framework that eliminates the traditional WAF trade-off between log visibility and block protection.
•Traditional WAFs require manual tuning in log-only mode before safely enabling block mode, making onboarding slow and error-prone
•The always-on framework separates detection from mitigation: signatures run on every request asynchronously, adding no latency until a blocking rule is created
•Each signature carries a Ref ID, confidence level (High/Medium), and category tags (SQLi, XSS, RCE, CVE) accessible via Security Analytics
•Three new fields (cf.waf.signature.request.confidence, .categories, .ref) are available in Security Rules for building precise mitigation policies
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Full-Transaction Detection (in development) correlates both request and response to catch threats like reflective SQL injection and data exfiltration
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