SSL Termination with WAF 7.6 and above

This article applies to:

• WebDefend 7.6 and above

Question:

• Can WAF perform SSL Termination?

Reply:

Yes, WAF 7.6 and above provides the option of "SSL Termination" (decoding client requests and passing the requests to the web server as unencrypted HTTP).

• In the WAF console you will find a new protocol available when configuring network settings: SSL Termination. 
• When you choose this configuration, you can configure different ports for WS (web server) and WAF.
• In the example below:
  • Encrypted traffic is sent to WAF on port 443.
  • WAF opens and inspects the traffic, and then forwards the decoded traffic to the web server on port 80.