waf: the header limits are the first check (closes #311)
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A request over 50 cookies or 100 header fields is now refused by the first
check after SWW_ALLOW_NETS. It causes no lookup, no query to RouteWatch, a DNS
blocklist or AbuseIPDB, no rule file match and no Core Rule Set. The rate
limits no longer count it, and a banned or denied client gets 431 for it. It
makes no ban, makes no ban permanent and is not counted in a ban's notes. In
observe mode no lookup is made for it. Requests within the limits go through
the same checks in the same order.

Model: opus-5-5
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sneak committed 2026-11-11 05:13:54 +00:00
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@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ request reaches the app.
`waf` takes the checks:
3. The tag lists.
3. The header limits, then the tag lists. A client in `SWW_ALLOW_NETS` skips the
header limits.
4. The static lists, `SWW_ALLOW_NETS` and `SWW_DENY_NETS`.
5. The bans.
6. The lookup of the client's AS number and country.
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ request reaches the app.
11. The rate limits.
12. The trap paths.
13. The rule files.
14. The header limits, and then the Core Rule Set.
14. The Core Rule Set.
15. The tag refusals again, so that `exploitsignature` can refuse too.
16. A path under `/_sww/` is answered `404`, so that the app never sees that
prefix.
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ request reaches the app.
A refused visitor is answered with `SWW_BAN_RESPONSE`. A `block` rule or a Core
Rule Set match answers `403` and bans nobody, since the Core Rule Set has false
positives; such refusals count toward `SWW_ERROR_BURST_THRESHOLD` instead. A
request over the header limits of step 14 is answered `431`, and bans nobody
request over the header limits of step 3 is answered `431`, and bans nobody
either. `rproxy` itself answers `405` to a method it does not pass on, and the
status for a size or time limit, such as `413` for a body too large.