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Overview
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Expand: About
About
Main components
Attack coverage
Expand: Managed Rulesets
Managed Rulesets
Expand: HTTP DDoS Attack Protection
HTTP DDoS Attack Protection
Configure in the dashboard
Configure via API
Location-Aware DDoS Protection
Rule categories
Parameters
Expand: Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection
Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection
Configure in the dashboard
Configure via API
Rule categories
Parameters
Available expression fields
Expand: Adjusting DDoS rules
Adjusting DDoS rules
Handle a false positive
Handle a false negative or an incomplete mitigation
Expand: Advanced TCP Protection
Advanced TCP Protection
Setup
Concepts
Expand: How to
How to
Add a prefix
Add an IP or prefix to the allowlist
Create a rule
Exclude a prefix
Expand: API configuration
API configuration
Common API calls
JSON objects
Rule settings
Expand: Best practices
Best practices
Third-party services and DDoS protection
Expand: Reference
Reference
Analytics
Reports
Alerts
Logs
Simulating test DDoS attacks
Expand: Changelog
Changelog
Expand: Network-layer DDoS Managed Ruleset
Network-layer DDoS Managed Ruleset
Scheduled changes
2022-04-12
Expand: HTTP DDoS Managed Ruleset
HTTP DDoS Managed Ruleset
Scheduled changes
2022-08-16
2022-08-10
2022-07-18
2022-07-08
2022-07-06
2022-06-08
2022-06-01
2022-05-12
2022-05-03
2022-04-21
2022-04-12
2022-04-07
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How to
Add a prefix
Add an IP or prefix to the allowlist
Create a rule
Exclude a prefix