Barracuda Web Application Firewall 460
Secure Your Web Apps On-Premises and in the Cloud

Barracuda Networks Web Application Firewall Overview:

Barracuda Web Application Firewall blocks an ever-expanding list of sophisticated web-based intrusions and attacks that target the applications hosted on web servers and the sensitive or confidential data to which they have access. Placed between the Internet and web servers, Barracuda Web Application Firewall scans all inbound web traffic to block attacks, and scans outbound traffic to provide highly effective data loss prevention..

Barracuda Web Application Firewall simplifies application security so you can focus on your business. Its comprehensive feature set, versatile deployment options, and ease of use lets you automate many application security tasks, whether your web infrastructure lives on-site, in a virtualized environment, or in the cloud.

Features:

Protection against OWASP & zero-day attacks

Protect against all OWASP top 10 attacks, zero-day attacks, data leakage, and DDoS attacks. The layered traffic processing engine and Smart Signatures use fewer attack-detection signatures to detect and block web attacks, including zero-day attacks. Each Smart Signature can detect attacks found in 40 attack-specific signatures, reducing detection time and improving overall detection. Application Learning adds automated Positive Security, with the ability to enforce this security from the URL down to the parameter level.

Advanced Bot Protection

Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection uses cloud-based machine learning to stop bad bots, easily blocking automated spam, web and price scraping, inventory hoarding, account takeover attacks, and much more

API Protection

Barracuda Web Application Firewall protects XML and JSON REST APIs against all application attacks, including OWASP Top 10 API threats. API Discovery capabilities make it easy to configure protection and limit the chances for misconfiguration.

Server Cloaking

Often the first step of a targeted attack is to probe public-facing applications to learn about the underlying servers, databases, and operating systems. Cloaking prevents attack reconnaissance by suppressing server banners, error messages, HTTP headers, return codes, debug information, or backend IP addresses from leaking to a potential attacker.

URL Encryption

Encrypt URLs before they are sent to clients, and ensure the original URLs or the directory structure are never exposed externally to prying eyes*. End users of the web applications interact and navigate the site using only encrypted URLs, which are decrypted by the WAF. The decryption process immediately identifies URL query or parameter tampering, malicious content injection or blind forceful browsing attacks. *Models 660 and above

Geo-IP and IP Reputation Checking

Using client source addresses, organizations can control access to web resources. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall can control access based on GeoIP to limit access only to specified regions. It is also integrated with the Barracuda Reputational Database and can identify suspicious IP addresses, bots, TOR networks and other anonymous proxies that are often used by attackers to hide their identity and location. Once an IP address is identified as a risk, administrators have the ability to block, limit, throttle, or issue a CAPTCHA challenge before allowing access.

Malware Protection and Anti-Virus

Seamless integration with Barracuda Advanced Threat Protection (BATP) to provide security against advanced threats. Simply add BATP to the Barracuda WAF to block advanced zero-hour threats. By analyzing files in a CPU-emulation based sandbox, it can detect, and block malware embedded deep inside files uploaded to websites or web applications.

Multi-Protocol Support

In addition to HTTP and HTTPS traffic processing, Barracuda Web Application Firewall can also inspect FTP and FTPS traffic and can be configured to allow/deny specific FTP commands. It also provides inspection capabilities for application protocols like XML and JSON and can be configured to proxy HTTP2 as well as HTML5 websockets traffic.

Application DDoS Protection

Protect against advanced application-layer DDoS (SlowLoris, RUDY and Slow Read) attacks which are different from volumetric DDoS attacks with heuristic fingerprinting and IP reputation to identify real users from botnet. Secure against application DDoS using a variety of risk assessment techniques such as application-centric thresholds, protocol checks, session integrity, active and passive client challenges, historical client reputation block lists, geo-location, and anomalous idle-time detection.

Volumetric DDoS Protection

Volumetric DDoS attacks are on the rise because the computational resources that are available to attackers make it very easy to launch full scale attacks that can bring an entire network down. Many times, the entry point for these attacks are web sites of organizations that bear the brunt of the load. Barracuda WAF offers a subscription-based DDoS protection cloud service that scrubs traffic before it reaches the intended websites. This allows the cloud service to identify patterns of DDOS attacks in the connections and block them.

JSON Security

Mobile application and REST APIs today rely on JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) to transfer data. However, this opens a whole new attack surface which is often overlooked and hard to secure by traditional scan-testing or pen-testing approaches. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall secures the entire attack surface of mobile applications and REST APIs, filters malicious inputs in requests with JSON payloads, helps ensure API SLAs to partners, and provides anti-pharming protection from rogue consumers. Interactive web applications using JSON with AJAX are similarly protected.

XML Firewall

Applications that rely on XML can now be secured with an XML Firewall capability that secures applications against schema and WSDL poisoning, highly-nested elements, recursive parsing, and other XML-based attacks. This secures communications between client and application or between applications from different systems closing an often-overlooked attack vector.

Active Threat Intelligence

Real-time attacks need real-time responses. Barracuda Active Threat Intelligence collects threat data from a large, worldwide network of sensors and customer traffic. This data is processed using Machine Learning in near real-time and pushed out to connected units immediately, allowing for rapid detection of new threats and attackers.

Client-Side Protection

Attackers exploit third-party scripts to perform client-side digital skimming attacks, such as Magecart, to steal PII and financial data directly from the browser. These attacks are difficult to detect because these scripts are loaded directly by the browser and attackers are using sophisticated techniques to avoid detection with scanners and similar defensive methods. Barracuda Web Application Firewall offers Client-Side Protection, a feature that automates the CSP and SRI configuration, reducing admin overheads and configuration errors. In addition to these capabilities, the Barracuda Active Threat Intelligence layer provides visualization and reporting for these configurations, providing admins with deeper visibility into the usage of these scripts.

Specifications:

The Barracuda Web Application Firewall blocks an ever-expanding list of sophisticated web-based intrusions and attacks that target the applications hosted on web servers. Below are the hardware specifications for the Web Application Firewall.

Features	360	460	660	86X Series	96X Series	106X Series
Web Application Security
OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks Protection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Geo-IP and IP Reputation (including public proxies and Tor Nodes)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Smart Signatures	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Outbound Data Theft Protection (CreditCards, SSN etc.)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Adaptive Profiling			✓	✓	✓	✓
Exception Heuristics	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Auto-Configuration Engine (Requires ABP Subscription)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
File Upload Control	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
File Upload Security (Anti-Virus and Advanced Threat Protection) (ATP requires subscription)			✓	✓	✓	✓
Website Cloaking	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Protocol Checks for HTTP and HTTPS traffic	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Granular per URL/parameter policies	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rate Control			✓	✓	✓	✓
Client-Side Protection (Requires ABP License)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
API Protection
Protection against OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks	Partial	Partial	✓	✓	✓	✓
API Security (JSON)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
API Security (XML)			✓	✓	✓	✓
API Discovery (JSON)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
API Discovery (XML)			✓	✓	✓	✓
Bot Protection
Web Scraping Protection including Known Bot Database	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Advanced Bot Protection with Cloudbased Maching Learning (Requires ABP Subscription)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barracuda Active Threat Intelligence (Requires ABP Subscription)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bot Spam Protection (Referrer and Comment Spam)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Form Spam Protection			✓	✓	✓	✓
Credential Stuffing and Spraying Protection (Requires ABP Subscription)			✓	✓	✓	✓
Brute Force Attack Protection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CAPTCHA Support (Internal, reCAPTCHA v2 & v3)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DDOS Protection
Volumetric DDoS Protection (Requires ADP Subscription)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Application DDoS Protection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Features	360	460	660	86X Series	96X Series	106X Series
Secure Application Delivery
TLS/SSL Offloading	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Load Balancing & Content Routing		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network HSM Support			✓	✓	✓	✓
Dynamic URL Encryption			✓	✓	✓	✓
HTTP/1.0, HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2.0, WebSocket, FTP/S & IPv6 Support	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Request and Response Control (URL Translation)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Website Translations		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Caching and Compression		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Identity and Access Control
Local Users/Group (Internal LDAP),Client Certificates	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
LDAP/Active Directory, RADIUS, Kerberos v5, SMS Passcodes, Okta support		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SAML, Azure AD, Duo Support, RSA SecurID integration, OpenID Connect, JWT			✓	✓	✓	✓
Azure AD			✓	✓	✓	✓
Enable single and multi-domain SSO	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enable MFA with RADIUS/ LDAP-based services		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Virtual Patching and Feedback Loops
Barracuda Vulnerability Remediation Service	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Virtual Patching support for 20+ vulnerability scanners	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Logging and Reporting
Onboard logging [Web Firewall Logs, Access Logs, Audit Logs, Network Firewall Logs and System Logs)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
On-demand and scheduled reporting with 30+ OOTB reports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Syslog Export	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SIEM/SOAR Support (Includes: Splunk, ARCsight, Azure Sentinel, RSA enVision, IBM Qradar, Symantec, Sumologic, Loggly, Azure Event Hub and more)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Networking and High Availability
VLAN and NAT Support	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network ACL's	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Advanced Routing			✓	✓	✓	✓
Multi-Port Hardware				✓	✓	✓
Link Bonding				✓	✓	✓
Active-Passive High Availability	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Active-Active High Availability			✓	✓	✓	✓
Add On Subscriptions
Advanced Bot Protection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Active DDoS Prevention	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Advanced Threat Protection			✓	✓	✓	✓

Features	360	460	660	86X Series	96X Series	106X Series
Model Comparison
Throughput	25 Mbps	50 Mbps	200 Mbps	1 Gbps	1 Gbps	1 Gbps
Max. Backend Servers (Recommended)	5	10	25	150	150	150
HTTP Transactions Per Second	8000	15000	30000	90000	90000	90000
HTTP Connections Per Second	2000	3000	10000	16000	16000	16000
HTTPS Transactions Per Second	2500	4000	12000	30000	30000	30000
Concurrent Connections	90000	150000	500000	950000	950000	950000
Hardware Specifications
Form Factor	1U-Mini	1U-Mini	1U	1U	1U	1U
Dimensions (inch) WxDxH	17.2 x 1.7 x 1.4	17.2 x 1.7 x 1.4	17.2 x 1.7 x 22.6	17.2 x 22.4 x 1.73	17.2 x 22.4 x 1.73	17.2 x 22.4 x 1.73
Weight (lb)	12	12	26	26.45	26.45	26.45
ECC Memory				Yes	Yes	Yes
Management Port	10 100 1000	10 100 1000	10 100 1000	10 100 1000	10 100 1000	10 100 1000
Ethernet Ports	2 x 10/100 RJ45 with bypass
Gigabit Ethernet Ports		2x 1G RJ45 with bypass	2x 1G RJ45 with bypass	8x 1G RJ45	8x 1G RJ45 with bypass	8x 1G SFP (MM)with bypass
10Gigabit Ethernet Ports	1	1	1	2	2	2
AC Input (Amps)	1.2	1.4	1.8	4.2	4.2	4.2
Throughput
Heat Output (BTU/Hr)	490	575	740	967.78	967.78	1001.91
Operating Temperature	5°C-35°C (41°F-95°F)	5°C-35°C (41°F-95°F)	5°C-35°C (41°F-95°F)	0 ~ 40°C ( 32 ~ 104°F )	0 ~ 40°C ( 32 ~ 104°F )	0 ~ 40°C ( 32 ~ 104°F )
Operational Relative Humidity	8% ~ 90% (noncondensing)	8% ~ 90% (noncondensing)	8% ~ 90% (noncondensing)	10 ~ 85% relative humidity	10 ~ 85% relative humidity	10 ~ 85% relative humidity
Safety & EMC Certifications	Available on Request	Available on Request	EN 60950 FCC, CE	EN 60950 FCC, CE	EN 60950 FCC, CE	EN 60950 FCC, CE

Features	960	961	962	1060	1061	1062
Model Comparison
Throughput	5 Gbps	5 Gbps	5 Gbps	10 Gbps	10 Gbps	10 Gbps
Max. Backend Servers (Recommended)	300	300	300	600	600	600
HTTP Transactions Per Second	180000	180000	180000	190000	190000	190000
HTTP Connections Per Second	30000	30000	30000	70000	70000	70000
HTTPS Transactions Per Second	50000	50000	50000	70000	70000	70000
Concurrent Connections	1800000	1800000	1800000	2800000	2800000	2800000
Hardware Specifications
Form Factor	1U	1U	1U	2U	2U	2U
Dimensions (inch) WxDxH	17.2 x 22.4 x 1.73	17.2 x 22.4 x 1.73	17.2 x 22.4 x 1.73	17.4 x 3.5 x 25.5	17.4 x 3.5 x 25.5	17.4 x 3.5 x 25.5
Weight (lb)	26.45	26.45	26.45	52	52	52
ECC Memory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Management Port	10 100 1000	10 100 1000	10 100 1000	10 100 1000	10 100 1000	10 100 1000
Ethernet Ports
Gigabit Ethernet Ports	8x 1G RJ45	8x 1G RJ45 with bypass	8x 1G SFP (MM) with bypass	16x 1G RJ45	8x 1G RJ45 with bypass	8x 1G Fiber with bypass
10Gigabit Ethernet Ports	2x 10G RJ45	2x 10G RJ45 with bypass	2x 10G SFP+ (MM) with bypass	4x 10G RJ45	4x 10G RJ45 with bypass	4x 10G Fiber with bypass
Power Supply	2	2	2	2	2	2
AC Input (Amps)	4.2	4.2	4.2	5.4	5.4	5.4
Heat Output (BTU/Hr)	490	575	740	967.78	967.78	1001.91
Operating Temperature	5°C-35°C (41°F-95°F)	5°C-35°C (41°F-95°F)	5°C-35°C (41°F-95°F)	0 ~ 40°C ( 32 ~ 104°F )	0 ~ 40°C ( 32 ~ 104°F )	0 ~ 40°C ( 32 ~ 104°F )
Operational Relative Humidity	8% ~ 90% (noncondensing)	8% ~ 90% (noncondensing)	8% ~ 90% (noncondensing)	10 ~ 85% relative humidity	10 ~ 85% relative humidity	10 ~ 85% relative humidity
Safety & EMC Certifications	Available on Request	Available on Request	EN 60950 FCC, CE	EN 60950 FCC, CE	EN 60950 FCC, CE	EN 60950 FCC, CE

Technical Specs

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Front Panel

The following figure illustrates the Barracuda Web Application Firewall power and disk activity indicator lights for models 360:

Rear Panel Ports and Connectors

The following figure illustrates the Barracuda Web Application Firewall rear panel ports and connectors for models 360:

Documentation:

Download the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Data Sheet (.PDF)