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How to Configure AWS WAF for API Protection (Beyond the Basics)
WAF beyond “enable managed rules”: COUNT→BLOCK, rate limits, Bot Control cost traps, GraphQL depth. July 2026 API protection checklist.

WAF beyond “enable managed rules”: COUNT→BLOCK, rate limits, Bot Control cost traps, GraphQL depth. July 2026 API protection checklist.

Billing attacks: CloudFront request floods, Lambda bombs, SQS/SNS OTP spam. July 2026 — WAF ceilings, reserved concurrency, Budgets Actions, FinOps backstops.
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