Secure and accelerate your WordPress CMS with Amazon CloudFront, AWS WAF, and edge functions
Networking & Content Delivery Blog
This article discusses how to secure and accelerate a WordPress website using AWS services like Amazon CloudFront, AWS WAF, and CloudFront Functions.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Overview of Amazon CloudFront, CloudFront Functions, and AWS WAF
- Setting up two separate CloudFront distributions for admin and viewer access
- Configuring AWS WAF rules to protect against common WordPress vulnerabilities
- Implementing a CloudFront Function to check admin authentication cookies
- Configuring HTTP security headers for improved security
- Deployment steps and parameters for the provided CDK project
- Conclusion and potential next steps
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