Amazon CloudFront vs ModSecurity
A side-by-side look at Amazon CloudFront and ModSecurity. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Amazon CloudFront
Online Services
Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network service offered by AWS. It speeds up distribution of static and dynamic web content, like HTML, CSS, JS, media files, APIs, etc. by caching content at edge locations across the globe.
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ModSecurity
Security & Privacy
ModSecurity is an open source web application firewall that provides protection against common web attacks like XSS, SQLi, RFI, etc. It works by intercepting and inspecting all HTTP traffic between a web app and clients.
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