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Azure WAF bot protection ruleset. Meaning of log ID 300700

I have enabled bot protection ruleset for a waf policy. The DRS ruleset normally has a detailed message in the logs but for the bot protection I am finding it hard to identify the reason for a match for 300700 id Other bots (group Unknownbots). We have…

Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2025-03-12T14:29:21.1666667+00:00
eenchev 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-03-12T14:50:24.98+00:00
eenchev 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How would TLS inspection work with WAF enabled App Gateway and Azure Firewall?

Hi, I have been struggling with this from a while now. Our design has WAF enabled App gateway for incoming HTTP / HTTPS traffic from internet and then have Azure Firewall behind it. Have couple of queries for which I need assistance: 1: Does WAF has…

Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall
An Azure network security service that is used to protect Azure Virtual Network resources.
731 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2024-09-18T23:33:09.83+00:00
Rakesh Singh 370 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-12T09:54:19.4866667+00:00
Jørgen Woortman 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to send different tenant's Azure WAF log to tenant with Sentinel Configured?

Hello, I have 2 tenants. A tenant : WAF configured (Sentinel x) B tenant : Sentinel configured( WAF x) I would like to analyze A's logs in tenant B's sentinel. How can I configure? I think I should configure Azure lighthouse, is it right? If not,…

Azure Lighthouse
Azure Lighthouse
An Azure service that provides secure managed services and access control for partners and customers.
84 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Sentinel
A scalable, cloud-native solution for security information event management and security orchestration automated response. Previously known as Azure Sentinel.
1,242 questions
asked 2023-06-02T07:38:39.8566667+00:00
mara7 166 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-05T14:14:41.5766667+00:00
KateGokul-3672 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Azure Front Door WAF

We have an Azure Front Door instance with an attached Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2025-03-03T18:50:41.03+00:00
Nikhil 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-03-04T06:31:48.9666667+00:00
Sai Prasanna Sinde 4,335 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Request URI Not Parsed in AGWFirewallLogs Query

When using a WAF, I tried to check the request URI before applying an exception because there were many detected logs. When querying AGWFirewallLogs, I extended the query using extend parseUrl = parse_url(RequestUri), but parseUrl appears empty. How can…

Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2025-02-25T04:03:54.7566667+00:00
iuiu 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-27T03:59:41.62+00:00
iuiu 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Azure Web Application Firewall- Microsoft_BotManagerRuleSet_1.0

This post is regarding the azure WAF unknown bots and its rules at the moment for us rule id 300700 'other bots' is being logging with errors for various API'S, i didn't see any information can anyone has more inputs on the existing issue will be…

Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2023-11-08T07:31:22.3733333+00:00
rohith v 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-21T06:41:05.4233333+00:00
Matthew Mckenzie 15 Reputation points
1 answer

Can I set WAF rules to Log by default and override specific ones to Block?

Hey, I have set the WAF in Prevention mode to allow my custom rules like Rate limiting to be in effect with Blocking action. However as I was facing so many false positives with Microsoft_DefaultRuleSet 2.1, I changed the action as Log for it so that I…

Azure Front Door
Azure Front Door
An Azure service that provides a cloud content delivery network with threat protection.
779 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2025-02-10T06:40:19.2766667+00:00
Rupesh Sonawane 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-02-20T16:16:42.25+00:00
Venkat V 775 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Adding firewall in front of web apps in Hub-and-Spoke architecture

Hi, I am shifting towards hub & spoke model in my Azure subscription so that all the traffic coming into my subscription goes through the firewall. I have multiple types of resources but I am more concerned about web apps and function apps. How can…

Azure Front Door
Azure Front Door
An Azure service that provides a cloud content delivery network with threat protection.
779 questions
Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall
An Azure network security service that is used to protect Azure Virtual Network resources.
731 questions
Azure Virtual Network
Azure Virtual Network
An Azure networking service that is used to provision private networks and optionally to connect to on-premises datacenters.
2,663 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
Azure App Service
Azure App Service
Azure App Service is a service used to create and deploy scalable, mission-critical web apps.
8,443 questions
asked 2025-01-29T15:55:53.49+00:00
Najam ul Saqib 360 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-10T13:42:32.9166667+00:00
Praveen Bandaru 850 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
9 answers

When to use Azure WAF or Azure Firewall ?

Hi Folks, Can anyone here please share some thoughts and comments of when to use Azure WAF or Azure Firewall? I have already existing Azure ExpressRoute so my Azure VMs can ping my OnPremise servers, and vice versa. My purpose here is to be able to…

Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall
An Azure network security service that is used to protect Azure Virtual Network resources.
731 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
Azure Firewall Manager
Azure Firewall Manager
An Azure service that provides central network security policy and route management for globally distributed, software-defined perimeters.
97 questions
asked 2020-11-15T13:17:27.597+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect 5,716 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-06T06:38:53.57+00:00
VIVEK DWIVEDI 105 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Clarification Needed on Azure WAF Ruleset Upgrade Notification for Non-Configured WAF Policy

I have recently received a notification from Azure urging me to upgrade to the latest Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) ruleset version, specifically CRS 3.2 or DRS 2.1, by January 26, 2026. This is due to the deprecation of the older CRS 3.0 ruleset…

Azure Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway
An Azure service that provides a platform-managed, scalable, and highly available application delivery controller as a service.
1,138 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2025-01-31T07:09:42.1233333+00:00
Anji Muduthanapally 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-06T06:02:54.43+00:00
Rohith Vinnakota 3,160 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Why does Azure application gateway rate limit WAF return a 403 and not a 429?

When Azure Application gateway rate limiter functions as expected, we were expecting a 429, but instead, a 403 is returned. Why is this?

Azure Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway
An Azure service that provides a platform-managed, scalable, and highly available application delivery controller as a service.
1,138 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2024-03-04T13:57:27.39+00:00
Levi 30 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-02-05T06:43:39.8+00:00
Rafeeque Kudilil Ameeruddeen 10 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Integrate storage, database, webapp, and databricks into one VNET

We are hardening our ML platform in Azure. Basically, we want to put all the Azure services ( ADLS, PostgreSQL DB, Web App, and Databricks cluster) in one virtural network so all the traffic will be inside the Azure network whenever possible (except the…

Azure Virtual Network
Azure Virtual Network
An Azure networking service that is used to provision private networks and optionally to connect to on-premises datacenters.
2,663 questions
Azure Databricks
Azure Databricks
An Apache Spark-based analytics platform optimized for Azure.
2,364 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
asked 2024-11-22T17:43:49.06+00:00
P, John 240 Reputation points
accepted 2025-01-17T01:04:35.9166667+00:00
P, John 240 Reputation points
1 answer

Best Approach to Block Incoming Traffic During Initial Cache Loading in Azure VMSS

I am setting up a VMSS (Virtual Machine Scale Set) for a web application, and I need to perform an initial load of objects into the cache. To achieve this, I would like to open a web page on localhost to load the objects into the cache, but I don't want…

Azure Web Application Firewall
Azure Load Balancer
Azure Load Balancer
An Azure service that delivers high availability and network performance to applications.
489 questions
PowerShell
PowerShell
A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
2,858 questions
asked 2024-12-22T15:42:48.31+00:00
ShlomiDror-7850 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-01-07T13:19:18.1666667+00:00
Srinud 3,860 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

My app gateway web application firewall policy deployment fails with this message "Region is not enabled for Exception feature". How do I enable the feature?

I have a bicep template defining App Gateway Web Application Firewall policy with exceptions. I am using api-version 2024-03-01…

Azure Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway
An Azure service that provides a platform-managed, scalable, and highly available application delivery controller as a service.
1,138 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2024-12-16T16:31:43.5+00:00
jesseve 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-01-07T07:47:01.7433333+00:00
jesseve 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to Relax or Remove the “LocalRequestPartnerRateLimit” Rule in Azure Front Door?

We are hosting a web app on Azure App Service, with traffic routed through Azure Front Door. Most of the time, everything works smoothly. However, we occasionally get a 429 Too Many Requests error, and upon investigation, it appears that a rule named…

Azure Front Door
Azure Front Door
An Azure service that provides a cloud content delivery network with threat protection.
779 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
Azure Startups
Azure Startups
Azure: A cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a worldwide network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.Startups: Companies that are in their initial stages of business and typically developing a business model and seeking financing.
625 questions
asked 2025-01-05T05:01:36.7833333+00:00
西村和海 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-01-07T02:00:52.3333333+00:00
Rohith Vinnakota 3,160 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers

Managing 200 Websites with Application Gateway and WAF Protection

Hello, I have a single server that is currently hosting over 200 websites. Is it possible to manage all these websites using an application gateway and protect them with a WAF?

Azure Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway
An Azure service that provides a platform-managed, scalable, and highly available application delivery controller as a service.
1,138 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2024-05-29T07:27:34.4466667+00:00
Nitin Arora 25 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-12-20T13:04:42.0666667+00:00
Walid Farakh 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure WAF Training

I have been working with a user who continually gets locked out of their acct, they state they have a script running thats "training the WAF" I was under the impression that a WAF is policy based and cant be trained like you would train an AI.…

Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2024-11-26T14:42:58.3066667+00:00
Steven 20 Reputation points
accepted 2024-12-11T13:10:09.9666667+00:00
Steven 20 Reputation points
1 answer

How can I preserve Original client ip at Application Gateway?

Hey, I have been trying to whitelist specific IP using custom WAF rule and as we know Application Gateway is a proxy server and it does not preserve the original client ip. Is there any workaround or configuration we can set at App gateway side so waf…

Azure Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway
An Azure service that provides a platform-managed, scalable, and highly available application delivery controller as a service.
1,138 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2024-11-27T10:06:02.24+00:00
Akshay rathi 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-02T10:02:45.1366667+00:00
Ganesh Patapati 4,320 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure Web App Failing

I have been trying to deploy my Flask APIs(standalone APIs without any frontend) on Azure Web App using GitHub actions. While I have been trying to deploy, though the deployment is successful, but however my application isnt running and I am getting…

Azure Private Link
Azure Private Link
An Azure service that provides private connectivity from a virtual network to Azure platform as a service, customer-owned, or Microsoft partner services.
537 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
Azure Static Web Apps
Azure Static Web Apps
An Azure service that provides streamlined full-stack web app development.
1,097 questions
asked 2024-11-24T19:20:56.86+00:00
Shubhankar Khandai 60 Reputation points
accepted 2024-11-29T10:45:03.1066667+00:00
Shubhankar Khandai 60 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Application Gateway needs Load Balancer?

Our infrastructure for our web application needs to be compliant with the following security requirement. For public-facing web applications, new threats and vulnerabilities are addressed on an ongoing basis and these applications are protected against…

Azure Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway
An Azure service that provides a platform-managed, scalable, and highly available application delivery controller as a service.
1,138 questions
Azure Web Application Firewall
asked 2024-01-26T15:42:46.7766667+00:00
Santiago Marrone 20 Reputation points
accepted 2024-11-25T09:29:22.8966667+00:00
Santiago Marrone 20 Reputation points