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Overview
Expand: Concepts
Concepts
WAF ML
File scanning
Expand: Custom rules
Custom rules
Create custom rules in the dashboard
Create custom rules via API
Expand: Configure a rule with the Skip action
Configure a rule with the Skip action
API examples
Skip options
Manage custom rules in the dashboard
Firewall rules
Expand: Rate limiting rules
Rate limiting rules
Determining the rate
Create rate limiting rules in the dashboard
Create rate limiting rules via API
Rate limiting parameters
Common use cases
Expand: Managed Rulesets
Managed Rulesets
Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset
Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check
Deploy Managed Rulesets for a zone
Deploy rulesets via API
Expand: Defining WAF exceptions
Defining WAF exceptions
Define WAF exceptions in the dashboard
Define WAF exceptions via API
Expand: Log the payload of matched rules
Log the payload of matched rules
Configure payload logging in the dashboard
View the payload content in the dashboard
Configure payload logging via API
Expand: Command-line operations
Command-line operations
Generate a key pair
Decrypt the payload content
Expand: Additional tools
Additional tools
Expand: IP Access rules
IP Access rules
Create a rule
Parameters
Actions
Expand: Automated exposed credentials check
Automated exposed credentials check
How exposed credentials checks work
Configure exposed credentials checks via API
Test your exposed credentials checks configuration
Monitor exposed credentials events
Expand: Analytics
Analytics
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Paid plans
Additional information
Alerts
Expand: Changelog
Changelog
Scheduled changes
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2021-12-16 – Emergency
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2021-12-10 – Emergency
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2021-09-01 – Emergency
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2021-07-19
2021-07-01 – Emergency
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2021-06-07
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2021-04-21 – Emergency
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2021-03-06 – Emergency
2021-03-05 – Emergency
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2020-12-14
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2020-11-16
2020-11-05 – Emergency
2020-11-04 – Emergency
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2020-10-05
2020-09-28
2020-09-21
2020-09-15
2020-09-07
2020-08-24
2020-09-01
2020-07-27
2020-08-03
2020-07-20
2020-07-07 – Emergency
2020-07-13
2020-06-22
2020-06-15
2020-06-08
2020-05-25
2020-05-11
2020-05-04
2020-04-27
2020-04-20
2020-04-06
2020-03-30
2020-03-23
2020-03-12
2020-03-09
2020-03-02 – Emergency
2020-02-17
2020-02-10
2020-01-27
2020-01-20
2020-01-16 – Emergency
2019-12-16
2019-11-25 – Emergency
2019-11-12
2019-11-07 – Emergency
2019-11-04
2019-10-27 – Emergency
2019-10-23 – Emergency
2019-10-21
2019-10-17 – Emergency
2019-10-14
2019-10-07
2019-09-30
2019-09-26 – Emergency
2019-09-16
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Additional tools
The Cloudflare WAF offers the following additional tools:
IP Access rules