README: what rproxy gives an app without waf (closes #386)
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Adds a paragraph to "What it does" listing what rproxy enforces with
default settings whether or not waf answers: malformed requests, methods,
header size, request and response times, body sizes, idle connections.
After the list, it says which header limits are waf's.

Removes the "Slow and oversized requests" bullet, which the new list
states with figures.

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@@ -35,7 +35,26 @@ shipped in one image, with two commands that do this together:
The site keeps answering while `waf` is down, slow or restarting: without an The site keeps answering while `waf` is down, slow or restarting: without an
answer in time, `rproxy` passes the request to the app. answer in time, `rproxy` passes the request to the app.
It protects against: `rproxy` also protects the app on its own, whether or not `waf` answers. With
the default settings, `rproxy`:
- answers `400` to a malformed request, such as a broken header line or a
missing `Host`;
- answers `405` to a method it does not pass on, such as `TRACE`;
- answers `431` to a request line and headers over 32 KiB together;
- gives the visitor 60 seconds to send the request line and headers, and then 60
seconds more for the whole request to reach the app;
- answers `413` to a request body over 100 MiB;
- gives the app's answer 30 minutes to reach the visitor, counted from the end
of the request;
- answers `502` in place of an app's answer whose body is over 1 GiB, or cuts it
off if it has started;
- closes a kept-open connection after 120 seconds idle.
`rproxy` does not limit the number of headers. `waf` limits the number of
headers and cookies, and the length of the request line and of each header line.
Together, `rproxy` and `waf` protect against:
- Scrapers that fetch every page of a site, all day. Each client gets a limit on - Scrapers that fetch every page of a site, all day. Each client gets a limit on
requests and on body bytes per minute, per hour and per day. The defaults requests and on body bytes per minute, per hour and per day. The defaults
@@ -57,8 +76,6 @@ It protects against:
limit, so that they are banned sooner; limit, so that they are banned sooner;
- refuse or limit clients on a blocklist, a DNS blocklist, or with a high - refuse or limit clients on a blocklist, a DNS blocklist, or with a high
AbuseIPDB score. AbuseIPDB score.
- Slow and oversized requests. Every request and every answer has a time limit
and a size limit.
For the operator, it: For the operator, it: