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The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) pros and cons

Vendor: Fastly
3.8 out of 5
 

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) Pros review quotes

reviewer2161107 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 6, 2024
Fastly (Signal Sciences) integrates and tags the intermittent traffic based on patterns. It generates signals and provides them in a dashboard where we can view them and decide whether to allow or deny traffic. It's a more advanced and easy-to-navigate dashboard.
Archana Heeralal - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 27, 2023
When configuring a web application firewall using Signal Sciences, we configure a rule whereby no one except a few people can access the application.
Shashank N - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 5, 2024
The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily.
 

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) Cons review quotes

reviewer2161107 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 6, 2024
Fastly don't support caching for China users. That's the only feature lacking compared to Akamai.
Archana Heeralal - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 27, 2023
Even if we create some custom rules, Signal Sciences cannot capture some of the malicious traffic.
Shashank N - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 5, 2024
The areas that could be improved in Signal Sciences include the effectiveness of rules, as many didn't function optimally and required custom rule-writing to address bypasses for WAF.