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AWS WAF vs Let's Encrypt: What are the differences?
What is AWS WAF? Control which traffic to allow or block to your web application by defining customizable web security rules. AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect your web applications from common web exploits that could affect application availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources.
What is Let's Encrypt? A free, automated, and open Certificate Authority (CA). Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
AWS WAF and Let's Encrypt can be primarily classified as "Security" tools.
According to the StackShare community, Let's Encrypt has a broader approval, being mentioned in 269 company stacks & 137 developers stacks; compared to AWS WAF, which is listed in 14 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
Pros of AWS WAF
Pros of Let's Encrypt
- Open Source SSL48
- Simple setup32
- Free9
- Microservices9
- Easy ssl certificates0