Slow POST

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

resource "akamai_appsec_slow_post" "slow_post" {
  config_id                  = 12345
  security_policy_id         = "abcd_123456"
  slow_rate_action           = "alert"
  slow_rate_threshold_rate   = 10
  slow_rate_threshold_period = 30
  duration_threshold_timeout = 20
}

Arguments

Argument	Required	Description
`config_id`	✔️	A security configuration ID.
`security_policy_id`	✔️	A security policy ID.
`slow_rate_action`	✔️	Action to be taken if slow POST protection is triggered. Possible values are: `alert`. Records the event. `abort`. Blocks the event.
`slow_rate_threshold_rate`		Average rate (in bytes per second over the specified time period) allowed before the specified action is triggered.
`slow_rate_threshold_period`		Amount of time (in seconds) that the server should allow a request before marking the request as being too slow.
`duration_threshold_timeout`		Maximum amount of time (in seconds) that the first eight kilobytes of the POST body must be received in to avoid triggering the specified action.