The document compares the security capabilities of an intrusion prevention system (IPS), intrusion detection system (IDS), and web application firewall (WAF). It finds that a WAF provides more comprehensive protection against web application vulnerabilities and attacks than an IPS or IDS, including protection for common threats like SQL injection, cross-site request forgery, and session hijacking. The document also provides specifications for four WAF appliance models with throughput ranging from 100 Mbps to 2 Gbps and storage from 1TB to 2TB.
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