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fix: correct typo in WAF description (#1800)
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## How it works {#how-it-works}
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WAPs work on a similar premise as regular firewalls. Web admins define the rules, and the firewall executes them. As an example of how the WAF can work, we will take a look at Cloudflare's solution:
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WAFs work on a similar premise as regular firewalls. Web admins define the rules, and the firewall executes them. As an example of how the WAF can work, we will take a look at Cloudflare's solution:
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1. The visitor sends a request to the webpage.
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2. The request is intercepted by the firewall.
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- Overriding the browser's [fingerprint](./fingerprinting.md) (most effective).
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- Farming the [cookies](../../../glossary/concepts/http_cookies.md) from a website with a headless browser, then using the farmed cookies to do HTTP based scraping (most performant).
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As you likely already know, there is no solution that fits all. If you are struggling to get past a WAP provider, you can try using Firefox with Playwright.
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As you likely already know, there is no solution that fits all. If you are struggling to get past a WAF provider, you can try using Firefox with Playwright.
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## Next up {#next}
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