Glossary: Hardening, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection

HTTP status codes

Also written: HTTP status code, status code, 200, 403, 429, 429 Too Many Requests

Numbers a web server sends back with each answer. 200 OK: answered normally; 403 Forbidden: refused, as when the WAF blocked an attack; 429 Too Many Requests: over the rate limit, slow down.