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Podcast: InfosecTrain
Episode: WAF: The Layer 7 Shield Your Web Apps Need in 2026
Description: In the high-speed world of web traffic, traditional firewalls are often blind to the most dangerous threats. While a standard firewall guards the "gates" of your network, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) is the specialized bodyguard for your applications, operating at Layer 7 of the OSI model. As we move into 2026, WAFs have evolved from simple rule-based filters into AI-driven defense systems capable of stopping sophisticated injection attacks, malicious bots, and zero-day exploits in real-time. In this episode, we deconstruct the "anatomy of an inspection." We’ll follow an HTTP request from the moment it hits the internet to...