Core concept

Rules: AWS Managed Rules (SQL injection, XSS, bot control), custom (regex, rate limit, geo). Actions: allow/block/count/CAPTCHA.

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How it works

Web ACL = rule set attached to resource. Costs $5/ACL + $1/rule + $0.60/million requests.

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Trade-offs + gotchas

Public web apps. API endpoints. Login pages. Anywhere hit by internet.