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WAF & DDoS Protection
A managed web application firewall and unmetered DDoS mitigation on every site, tuned, not just switched on.
In shortTriton puts a managed Cloudflare Web Application Firewall in front of every site, running the OWASP Core Rule Set plus WordPress-specific and custom business rules, backed by unmetered DDoS mitigation, machine-learning bot scoring, and rate limiting. Attacks are stopped at the edge before they reach your application, and the rules are tuned by engineers, not left on a default.
Why does every site need a WAF?
The moment a site is public, it is scanned, automatically, continuously, by tools looking for a known weakness in any plugin, framework, or line of code you run. A Web Application Firewall sits in front of the site and inspects each request first, blocking the attack patterns before they ever reach your application. It is the difference between “we are safe as long as every component is perfectly patched forever” and “hostile traffic is filtered at the edge.”
Triton runs a managed Cloudflare WAF on every hosting account as standard. It is not an add-on you discover you needed after an incident.
What attacks are blocked?
The WAF is tuned against the categories real sites are hit with daily:
| Attack | What it targets |
|---|---|
| SQL injection (SQLi) | Your database, via unvalidated input |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) | Your visitors, via injected scripts |
| Remote / local file inclusion | Server files and code execution |
| Credential stuffing | Login pages, using stolen passwords |
| Malicious scanners & scrapers | Reconnaissance and content theft |
| HTTP flood / Layer 7 DDoS | Exhausting your application under load |
Rulesets deployed include the OWASP Core Rule Set, Cloudflare Managed Rules, a WordPress-specific ruleset, and custom business rules for your site.
How is DDoS handled?
Distributed denial-of-service attacks try to drown your site in traffic. Cloudflare’s anycast network absorbs and scrubs that traffic across hundreds of edge data centers before it reaches your origin, with unmetered mitigation, the size of an attack does not put you offline or generate a surprise bill. Legitimate visitors keep loading the site while the attack is filtered out at the edge.
How is bot traffic scored?
Not every unwanted visitor is a flood; much of it is quiet automation, credential stuffing, content scraping, inventory hoarding. Cloudflare assigns every request a bot score from 1 to 99 using machine learning and browser fingerprinting. Likely humans (50-99) pass, uncertain traffic gets a JavaScript challenge, and likely bots (1-29) are challenged or blocked. Turnstile handles verification without the friction of traditional CAPTCHAs, and rate limiting plus IP rules add a further layer. The result is fewer bad bots and no puzzles for real customers. This works alongside 24/7 security monitoring, which watches what the WAF is stopping and escalates the anomalies that matter.
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WAF & DDoS Protection: common questions
What does a Web Application Firewall actually stop?
A WAF inspects every request before it reaches your site and blocks the attack patterns applications are probed with constantly: SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), remote and local file inclusion, credential stuffing, malicious scanners, and Layer 7 HTTP floods. Without a WAF, those requests arrive directly at your application and rely on every plugin and line of code being perfect. With one, the majority are filtered at the edge.
Which rulesets do you run?
The OWASP Core Rule Set, Cloudflare Managed Rules, a WordPress-specific ruleset, and custom rules written for your site. Generic protection catches generic attacks; the custom layer is where a business's real exposure gets covered.
What kind of DDoS attacks can you absorb?
Cloudflare's global anycast network absorbs volumetric and application-layer (Layer 7) attacks, with unmetered mitigation, you are not billed more or knocked offline because an attack was large. Traffic is scrubbed at the edge across hundreds of data centers before it ever reaches your origin server.
How do you handle bots without blocking real customers?
Cloudflare scores every visitor from 1 to 99 using machine learning and browser fingerprinting. Likely-human traffic passes through, uncertain traffic gets a lightweight challenge, and known-bad bots are blocked. Cloudflare Turnstile replaces intrusive CAPTCHAs, so you stop bots without punishing customers with puzzles.
Is the WAF just turned on, or actually managed?
Managed. A default WAF either blocks legitimate traffic or lets real attacks through until someone tunes it. Our engineers configure rulesets, rate limits, and custom rules to your application, review what is being blocked, and adjust, so protection is calibrated to your site rather than left on autopilot.
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