Slow POST

akamai_appsec_slow_post

Returns the slow POST protection settings for the specified security configuration and policy. Slow POST protections help defend a site against attacks that try to tie up the site by using extremely slow requests and responses.

data "akamai_appsec_slow_post" "my_slow_post" {
  config_id          = 12345
  security_policy_id = "abcd_123456"
}
output "my_slow_post" {
  value = data.akamai_appsec_slow_post.my_slow_post
}

Arguments

ArgumentRequiredDescription
config_id✔️A security configuration ID.
security_policy_id✔️A security policy ID.

Attributes

AttributeDescription
actionThe action taken any time slow POST protection is triggered. Possible values are:
  • alert. Record the event.
  • abort. Block the request.
slow_rate_threshold_rateAverage rate (in bytes per second over the specified time period) allowed before the specified action is triggered.
slow_rate_threshold_periodAmount of time (in seconds) that the server should allow a request before marking the request as being too slow.
duration_threshold_timeoutMaximum amount of time (in seconds) that the first eight kilobytes of the POST body must be received in order to avoid triggering the specified action.

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