What Is a WAF and Why Do You Need One? (Beginner-Friendly Guide)

If you’ve ever built a website or managed an online service, you’ve probably worried about security: • Will someone try to hack my login page? • What if a bot floods my server? • Could my database get exposed by a simple script? That’s where a WAF — Web Application Firewall — comes in. ⸻

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What Is a WAF and Why Do You Need One? (Beginner-Friendly Guide)

If you’ve ever built a website or managed an online service, you’ve probably worried about security:
• Will someone try to hack my login page?
• What if a bot floods my server?
• Could my database get exposed by a simple script?

That’s where a WAF — Web Application Firewall — comes in.