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Glossary: Hardening, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection

SQL injection

An attack that hides database commands such as UNION SELECT inside a web request. Suricata detected it in Alex's lab and the WAF blocked it with a 403.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

SQL (Structured Query Language)WAF (web application firewall)SuricataXSS (cross-site scripting)