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Heroku vs ModSecurity

A side-by-side look at Heroku and ModSecurity. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Heroku

Heroku

Online Services

Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that simplifies application deployment, management, and scaling. Acquired by Salesforce, Heroku allows developers to focus on writing code by providing an easy-to-use platform for building, deploying, and scaling applications without the need for complex infrastructure management.

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ModSecurity

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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