Variable | Description | Default |
<start-page-rule_name> | Type the name of a new or existing rule. The maximum length is 35 characters. To display the list of existing rules, type: edit ? | No default. |
action {alert | alert_deny | block-period | redirect | send_403_forbidden} | Select one of the following actions that the FortiWeb appliance will perform when an HTTP request that initiates a session does not begin with one of the allowed start pages. • alert — Accept the request and generate an alert email and/or log message. • alert_deny — Block the request (or reset the connection) and generate an alert email and/or log message. You can customize the web page that FortiWeb returns to the client with the HTTP status code. See the FortiWeb Administration Guide or “system replacemsg”. • block-period — Block subsequent requests from the client for a number of seconds. Also configure block-period <seconds_int>. Note: If FortiWeb is deployed behind a NAT load balancer, when using this option, you must also define an X-header that indicates the original client’s IP (see “waf x-forwarded-for”). Failure to do so may cause FortiWeb to block all connections when it detects a violation of this type. • redirect — Redirect the request to the URL that you specify in the protection profile and generate an alert email and/or log message. Also configure redirect-url <redirect_fqdn> and rdt-reason {enable | disable}. • send_403_forbidden — Reply to the client with an HTTP 403 Access Forbidden error message and generate an alert email and/or log message. Caution: This setting will be ignored if monitor-mode {enable | disable} is enabled. Note: Logging and/or alert email will occur only if enabled and configured. See “config log disk” and “config log alertemail”. Note: If you select an auto-learning profile with this rule, you should select alert. If the action is alert_deny, for example, the FortiWeb appliance will block the request or reset the connection when it detects an attack, resulting in incomplete session information for the auto-learning feature. For more information on auto-learning requirements, see “config waf web-protection-profile autolearning-profile”. | No default. |
block-period <seconds_int> | If action is block-period, type, specify the number of seconds that the connection will be blocked. The valid range is from 1 to 3,600 seconds. | 1 |
severity {Low | Medium | High} | Select the severity level to use in logs and reports generated when a violation of the rule occurs. | Low |
trigger <trigger-policy_name> | Type the name of the trigger to apply when this rule is violated (see “config log trigger-policy”). The maximum length is 35 characters. To display the list of existing trigger policies, type: set trigger ? | No default. |
<entry_index> | Type the index number of the individual entry in the table. The valid range is from 1 to 9,999,999,999,999,999,999. | No default. |
host <protected-hosts_name> | Type the name of a protected host that the Host: field of an HTTP request must be in order to match the start page rule. The maximum length is 255 characters. This setting applies only if host-status is enable. | No default. |
host-status {enable | disable} | Enable to apply this start page rule only to HTTP requests for specific web hosts. Also configure host <protected-hosts_name>. Disable to match the start page rule based upon the other criteria, such as the URL, but regardless of the Host: field. | disable |
request-file <url_str> | Depending on your selection in request-type {plain | regular}, type either: • the literal URL, such as /index.php, that the HTTP request must contain in order to match the start page rule. The URL must begin with a slash ( / ). • a regular expression, such as ^/*.php, matching all and only the URLs to which the start page rule should apply. The pattern is not required to begin with a slash ( / ). However, it must at least match URLs that begin with a slash, such as /index.cfm. Do not include the name of the web host, such as www.example.com, which is configured separately in host <protected-hosts_name>. The maximum length is 255 characters. Note: Regular expressions beginning with an exclamation point ( ! ) are not supported. For information on language and regular expression matching, see the FortiWeb Administration Guide. | No default. |
request-type {plain | regular} | Select whether request-file <url_str> will contain a literal URL (plain), or a regular expression designed to match multiple URLs (regular). | plain |
default {yes | no} | Type yes to use the page as the default for HTTP requests that either: • do not specify a URL • do not specify the URL of a valid start page (only if you have selected redirect from action) Otherwise, type no. | no |