
Rewrites will work on single requests as well as those that have been fragmented using: To block requests that cannot be rewritten, configure Malformed Request.
See Supported features in each operation mode.įortiWeb cannot rewrite requests that exceed FortiWeb’s buffer size. Rewrites/redirects are not supported in all modes. rewrite the body of an HTTP response from the web server.rewrite the HTTP location line in the header of a matching redirect response from the web server.
send a 403 Forbidden response to a matching HTTP requests. rewrite the Referer: field in the header of an HTTP request. rewrite the Host: field in the header of an HTTP request. rewrite the URL line in the header of an HTTP request. Much more than their name implies, “URL rewriting rules” can do all of those things, and more: Shorter URLs with easy-to-remember phrases and formatting are easier for customers to understand, remember, and return to. International customers can use global URLs, with no need to configure the back-end web servers to respond to additional HTTP virtual host names. During maintenance windows, requests can be redirected to a read-only server. To authenticate and do transactions on their secured HTTPS site: Financial institutions can transparently redirect customers that accidentally request HTTP: By rewriting the URL to something more human-readable and less platform-specific, the details can be hidden:Īside from security reasons, rewriting and redirects can be for aesthetic or business purposes, too. Simply knowing the file name, that the blog uses PHP, its compatible database types, and the names of parameters via the URL could help an attacker to craft an appropriate attack for that platform. Similar to error message cloaking, URL rewriting can prevent the disclosure of underlying technology or web site structures to HTTP clients.įor example, when visiting a blog web page, its URL might be: Rewriting or redirecting HTTP requests and responses is popular, and can be done for many reasons.