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Service Tags Now Match in Azure Front Door Premium WAF Custom Rules

Keeping IP allow and deny lists current in your WAF rules is tedious and easy to get wrong. A new match condition in Azure Front Door Premium WAF removes much of that chore.

The service tag match condition for Azure Web Application Firewall custom rules is now generally available on Azure Front Door Premium. Service tags represent groups of IP address prefixes used by Azure services, and Microsoft maintains those prefixes for you. Instead of hand-curating address ranges, you reference the tag directly in a custom rule.

If you run Front Door Premium and filter traffic by Azure service origin, this is worth a look. Read how the condition works and how to use it.

Dive into the full technical breakdown here