Safeline – Self‑Hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) App
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Main Page: https://github.com/chaitin/safeline
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Licence: GPL-3.0 license
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Dockerfile: ?
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Summary
Safeline is a self‑hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) designed to sit in front of your web applications and shield them from a wide range of web attacks and exploits. Acting as a reverse proxy, Safeline inspects, filters, and monitors HTTP(S) traffic before it ever reaches your apps.
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Alternative to / Similar tools
Safeline can be seen as an alternative or complement to:
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Cloudflare WAF / other SaaS WAFs
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ModSecurity / OWASP Core Rule Set
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NAXSI
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Imperva, F5 WAF, etc. (commercial solutions)
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Screenshots
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Main Page: https://github.com/chaitin/safeline
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Licence: GPL-3.0 license
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Dockerfile: ?
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Summary
Safeline is a self‑hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) designed to sit in front of your web applications and shield them from a wide range of web attacks and exploits. Acting as a reverse proxy, Safeline inspects, filters, and monitors HTTP(S) traffic before it ever reaches your apps.
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Alternative to / Similar tools
Safeline can be seen as an alternative or complement to:
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Cloudflare WAF / other SaaS WAFs
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ModSecurity / OWASP Core Rule Set
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NAXSI
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Imperva, F5 WAF, etc. (commercial solutions)
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Screenshots
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https://alternativeto.net/software/safeline/about/
Safeline originates from China, which is an issue IMO. -
https://alternativeto.net/software/safeline/about/
Safeline originates from China, which is an issue IMO.@RoundHouse1924 a lot of good software comes from China from
Chinese people who don't necessarily agree with their state sponsored pals.Depends who wrote it and why.
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There are some very intriguing/ interesting Chinese hackers etc living in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand see e.g. https://4thgenerationcivilization.substack.com/p/towards-civilizational-ai-our-central
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https://alternativeto.net/software/safeline/about/
Safeline originates from China, which is an issue IMO.@RoundHouse1924 I often gravitate to this thought, but then remember that what @robi says is true.
Consider Seafile as an example of an app which seems trusted.The problem is knowing the reliability.
I guess we have to rely on peer review, no. of GitHub stars, and the valiant efforts of code reviewers.It might be academic, as I asked for an AI review of feasibility of packaging for Cloudron, and it was essentially negative, too complex and not enough info about building (they assume a docker-compose deployment based on their image which is not officially published).
Someone more technical than me needs also to consider the issue of running a reverse proxy (SafeLine) in front of Cloudron's reverse proxy, especially when Safeline if packaged for Cloudron would be on same VPS as Cloudron's reverse proxy. Confused ? I sure am.
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@RoundHouse1924 I often gravitate to this thought, but then remember that what @robi says is true.
Consider Seafile as an example of an app which seems trusted.The problem is knowing the reliability.
I guess we have to rely on peer review, no. of GitHub stars, and the valiant efforts of code reviewers.It might be academic, as I asked for an AI review of feasibility of packaging for Cloudron, and it was essentially negative, too complex and not enough info about building (they assume a docker-compose deployment based on their image which is not officially published).
Someone more technical than me needs also to consider the issue of running a reverse proxy (SafeLine) in front of Cloudron's reverse proxy, especially when Safeline if packaged for Cloudron would be on same VPS as Cloudron's reverse proxy. Confused ? I sure am.
@timconsidine nesting reverse proxies is OK.
It happens already with Cloudron's Nginx and webservers that front multiple app servers in our Apps.
