Configuration
PX\_CONFIGS and PX\_CUSTOM
Enabling and configuring Enforcer features may require changes to the PX_CONFIGS
VCL file, the PX_CUSTOM
VCL file, or both. Each code sample below includes the name of the relevant VCL file where the changes should be made. See the instructions for each configuration below for more details.
Required Configurations
px_app_id
The application ID. Required to initialize the Enforcer.
px_auth_token
The token used for authorization with the Human Security backend. Required to initialize the Enforcer.
px_cookie_secret
The secret used to decrypt the risk cookie. Required to initialize the Enforcer.
Generic Enforcer Configurations
px_module_enabled
This boolean serves as an on/off switch for the entire module, providing a way to enable and disable all Enforcer capabilities quickly and easily.
Default: "true"
px_module_mode
This feature controls the behavior of the enforcer by changing how it executes certain parts of the workflow. Most notably, different modes allow for analysis and fine-tuning of the enforcer behavior without serving block pages that affect end users.
Possible values:
"monitor"
- the enforcer will perform all functions without returning block responses"active_blocking"
- the enforcer will return block responses when needed
Default: "monitor"
px_s2s_timeout
Adding this value in the px_configs
table will not have any effect. Instead, this value can be set in the PX_CONFIGS
VCL file under the PX_API
backend definition. The connect_timeout
, first_byte_timeout
, and between_bytes_timeout
can all be set to this same value.
The maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the risk API request. If this timeout is reached, the original request will be allowed to pass (fail open).
Default: 1000ms
px_custom_cookie_header
Previously, this was done via the px_custom_cookie_header_enabled
configuration and px_custom_cookie_header
subroutine. Both have since been deprecated.
The Enforcer attempts to extract the HUMAN cookies from the Cookie
header. If the HUMAN cookies are transferred on a header other than Cookie
, the header name should be configured here.
Default: "x-px-cookies"
px_extracted_cookies (access_cookie)
The Enforcer will extract cookies (keys + values) based on the px_custom_extracted_cookies
subroutine, in order to add them to the HUMAN backend call as an additional information for the detection mechanism.
Default: "_pxac"
(access cookie - see example below)
Access cookie: the enforcer will extract the _pxac
cookie automatically (enforcer version 10.2.0+), make sure to include the correct cookie value supplied on your HUMAN Portal on _pxac
cookie.
Note 1: that in case custom cookie header is configured, adjust the req.http.cookie to be pointed to the relevant cookie header. example: in case of custom_cookie_header = x-px-cookies, the extracted cookie value should be extracted from req.http.x-px-cookies:{{COOKIE\_NAME}}
Note 2: Before adding additional cookies, please contact your HUMAN customer success or advice one of our solution architects
px_secured_pxhd_enabled
Whether the PXHD cookie set on the HTTP response should include the Secure attribute.
Default: "false"
px_block_size_exceeded_15k_headers_size
Due to Fastly size limitations, large requests may sometimes result in 413 HTTP errors. If this error is received during a Risk API request, the default Enforcer behavior is to allow the request to pass to the origin. However, if this configuration is enabled, Risk API requests resulting in a 413 response will be blocked instead.
Default: "false"
px_add_block_result_header
Whether to include the px-ctx:block-result
header with value "0"
or "1"
to origin requests. A header value of "0"
means that HUMAN determined the request should pass, while "1"
means HUMAN determined the request should be blocked.
This configuration is most often used while in monitor mode for testing and validation.
Default: "false"
px_additional_activity_handler
px_additional_activity_handler_enabled
Whether to invoke the px_custom_additional_activity_handler
subroutine.
Default: "false"
px_custom_additional_activity_handler
A subroutine where custom logic can be performed after sending the page_requested
or block
activity at the end of the request flow. HUMAN metadata about the request can be found on the req.http.px-ctx
header. This subroutine is called in vcl_deliver
.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_pre_clean
The HUMAN Enforcer stores configurations and metadata on the client request HTTP headers to maintain access to them throughout the Fastly request lifecycle. During invocations of vcl_pass
and vcl_miss
that happen after the HUMAN enforcement flow, the px_miss
and px_pass
subroutines invoke logic to clean these HUMAN metadata headers from the backend request to your origin. If desired, you can configure a custom subroutine to run immediately before these HUMAN metadata headers are removed.
px_enable_pre_clean
Whether to invoke the px_custom_pre_clean
subroutine.
Default: "false"
px_custom_pre_clean
This custom subroutine runs immediately before the HUMAN metadata headers are removed from the backend request. This subroutine is called in vcl_miss
and vcl_pass
.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_set_custom_risk_backend_overwrite
A custom subroutine that is called during the Risk API flow to change the backend used for the Risk API request. (This is most often done to adjust the backend timeouts in different regions.) Any HUMAN backends other than PX_API
must be defined. If left empty, the default PX_API
backend is used. The subroutine is called during vcl_pass
only when a Risk API request is necessary.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_add_custom_parameters
This subroutine defines custom parameters that are sent to HUMAN on the Risk API and asynchronous activities. The custom parameters must be set in the HUMAN Portal before implementing this subroutine.
Custom parameters can be added by setting a client request header with the name px-custom-param:<NUMBER>
, where <NUMBER>
corresponds to the custom parameter number between 1-10.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_data_enrichment_handler
A custom subroutine for handling data enrichment data. This subroutine is called in vcl_recv
once the data enrichment value from either the cookie or the Risk API response has been parsed. For more information on data enrichment, see here.
Useful Headers:
-
req.http.px-ctx:data-enrichment
- A string in JSON format containing the enrichment data. -
req.http.px-ctx:de-validated
- A boolean value ("1"
or"0"
) indicating whether the data enrichment value can be trusted.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_activity_headers
Fastly VCL limitations prevent the HUMAN Enforcer from reporting all request headers on the async activities. If there are additional headers that should be reported, they can be added to the async activities by implementing this custom subroutine.
The subroutine should return a string representing all headers that should be added to the async activities. Every header should be added in the following form, replacing <header_name>
with the desired header. Note: The leading comma is very important!
",{%22name%22: %22<header name>%22, %22value%22: " if(req.http.<header name>, "%22" json.escape(req.http.<header name>) "%22", "null") "}"
Default: Returns ""
Example:
px_override_configs
Whenever possible, configuration values should be set in the `px_configs` table rather than adjust them during runtime.
A custom subroutine that allows for adjusting the HUMAN configuration based on runtime values. See the PX
VCL file for the list of req.http.px-cfg
configuration header values that can be modified.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_check_block_by_size
Deprecated
This configuration is deprecated.
px_custom_check_block_post_url
Deprecated
This configuration is deprecated.
First Party Configurations
px_first_party_enabled
To prevent suspicious or unwanted behavior on the client side, some browsers or extensions (e.g., adblockers) may deny the frontend JavaScript code from making requests to other domains. This prevents the Human Security sensor from making requests to the Human Security backends, which greatly limits Human Security’s detection capabilities. To avoid this problem, first party enables the enforcer to be used as a proxy for Human Security servers, and to serve content to the browser from a first party endpoint (i.e., an endpoint on the customer’s domain).
Default: "true"
px_enable_redirect_xhr
First party requests include JavaScript resource (like the HUMAN Sensor and Captcha scripts), but they can also apply to XHR requests sent by the HUMAN Sensor. If you would like to disable first party for XHR requests only and leave other first party functionality enabled, you may set this value to be false.
Default: "true"
px_custom_first_party_sensor_endpoint
For an application with ID PX12345678
, the first party sensor endpoint is /12345678/init.js
by default. This configuration customizes the entire first party sensor script endpoint. Note that in addition to responding to requests that match this configured route, the enforcer will also proxy first party requests that match the default pattern (/12345678/init.js
).
Default: ""
px_custom_first_party_response_modifier
A custom subroutine for modifications to first party responses. This subroutine is called in vcl_deliver
, so changes to the response should be made with the client response object.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_redirect
Deprecated
This configuration is deprecated. To perform redirects without invoking HUMAN enforcement logic, include your desired logic before the invocation of px_recv
.
Logging Configurations
px_async_activities_logger
See the instructions on adding the required logging endpoints to your Fastly service [here](/applications/installation-fastly-vcl#2-add-the-required-logging-endpoints).
The name of the logging endpoint used to send asynchronous activities.
Default: "PX-Async-Activities"
px_telemetry_activity_logger
See the instructions on adding the required logging endpoints to your Fastly service [here](/applications/installation-fastly-vcl#2-add-the-required-logging-endpoints).
The name of the logging endpoint used to send telemetry activities.
Default: "PX-Telemetry"
px_logger_severity
See the instructions on adding the required logging endpoints to your Fastly service [here](/applications/installation-fastly-vcl#2-add-the-required-logging-endpoints).
The verbosity of the logs generated by the enforcer.
Possible values:
-
"none"
- No logs will be generated -
"error"
- Sparse logs will be sent to the logging endpoint name set by thepx_error_syslog_name
configuration only when errors occur -
"debug"
- Detailed logs will be sent to the logging endpoint name set by thepx_debug_syslog_name
configuration (not advisable for production environments)
Default: "error"
px_enable_error_logs
See the instructions on adding the required logging endpoints to your Fastly service [here](/applications/installation-fastly-vcl#2-add-the-required-logging-endpoints).
Whether error logs should be sent to the error logging endpoint.
Default: "false"
px_debug_syslog_name
See the instructions on adding the required logging endpoints to your Fastly service [here](/applications/installation-fastly-vcl#2-add-the-required-logging-endpoints).
The name of the logging endpoint to which debug logs will be sent.
Default: "PX-Debug"
px_error_syslog_name
See the instructions for adding optional logging to your Fastly service here.
The name of the logging endpoint to which error logs will be sent.
Default: "PX-Error"
px_debug_probability
See the instructions on adding the required logging endpoints to your Fastly service [here](/applications/installation-fastly-vcl#2-add-the-required-logging-endpoints).
Sometimes, logging every request to the service is impractical, and a random sample of logs is preferable. This configuration can be used to specify the likelihood of a log being generated for an incoming request. One out of every X requests will result in logs, where X is the number configured here. That is, setting this value to "2"
means 1 out of every 2 requests, or a 50% chance; setting "100"
means 1 out of every 100 requests, or a 1% chance.
Default: "1"
Filtering Configurations
px_filter_by_extension
Human Security does not enforce static assets such as images and documents. To prevent unnecessary API calls to Human Security servers and needless computation, the enforcer filters all requests with a valid static file extension.
px_filter_by_extension_enabled
Whether to invoke the px_custom_filter_by_extension
function to check for filtered extensions.
Default: "true"
px_custom_filter_by_extension
A custom subroutine that returns a boolean value. A return value of true
means the request should be filtered from the enforcement flow due to the file extension in its URL. A return value of false
means the request should proceed with the usual enforcement flow.
Default:
px_filter_by_http_method
Filters out requests according to their HTTP method, avoiding unnecessary traffic in the enforcer verification flow and reducing operating costs.
px_filter_by_http_method_enabled
Whether to invoke the px_custom_filter_by_http_method
function to check for filtered HTTP methods.
Default: "false"
px_custom_filter_by_http_method
A custom subroutine that returns a boolean value. A return value of true
means the request should be filtered from the enforcement flow due to its HTTP method. A return value of false
means the request should proceed with the usual enforcement flow.
Default: Returns false
.
Example:
px_filter_by_ip
Filters out requests according to their IP address, avoiding unnecessary traffic in the enforcer verification flow and reducing operation costs.
px_filter_by_ip_enabled
Whether to invoke the px_custom_filter_by_ip
function to check for filtered IPs.
Default: "false"
px_custom_filter_by_ip
A custom subroutine that returns a boolean value. A return value of true
means the request should be filtered from the enforcement flow due to its IP. A return value of false
means the request should proceed with the usual enforcement flow.
Using Fastly ACLs
The easiest way to implement this subroutine is to declare and use a Fastly Access Control List (ACL) as shown in the example below. For more information, see here.
Default: Returns false
.
Example:
px_filter_by_route
Filters out requests according to their URLs. A request to a filtered route will not undergo enforcement flow, and it will not generate any risk or async activities.
px_custom_filter_by_route
A custom subroutine that returns a boolean value. A return value of true
means the request should be filtered from the enforcement flow due to its route. A return value of false
means the request should proceed with the usual enforcement flow.
Default: Returns false
.
Example:
px_filter_by_user_agent
Filters out requests according to their user agent value, avoiding unnecessary traffic in the enforcer verification flow and reducing operation costs.
px_filter_by_user_agent_enabled
Whether to invoke the px_custom_filter_by_user_agent
function to check for filtered user agents.
Default: “false”
px_custom_filter_by_user_agent
A custom subroutine that returns a boolean value. A return value of true
means the request should be filtered from the enforcement flow due to its user agent. A return value of false
means the request should proceed with the usual enforcement flow.
Default: Returns false
.
Example:
px_filter_on_cache_hit_enabled
Filters out requests if the requested resource results in a cache HIT at the edge POP. If shielding is enabled, a request that results in a cache MISS at the edge POP will undergo enforcement even if it results in a cache HIT at the shield POP. For more information about Fastly Shielding, see here.
Default: "false"
Special Routes Configurations
px_custom_enforced_routes
Customers may want certain, but not all, endpoints to be enforced by HUMAN, even when the Enforcer is in monitor mode. This custom subroutine returns a boolean value indicating whether the request is an enforced route.
A return value of true
means the request should go through the full enforcer workflow, including blocking when necessary. That is, even when the enforcer is in monitor mode, these requests will behave as if in active blocking mode. A return value of false
means the request should proceed with the usual flow based on the module mode.
Default: Returns false
.
Example:
px_custom_monitored_routes
Enables certain endpoints to be monitored rather than enforced by HUMAN, even when the enforcer is in active blocking mode.
A return value of true
means the request should go through the enforcement flow in monitor mode. That is, even when the enforcer is in active_blocking mode, these requests will behave as if in monitor mode. A return value of false
means the request should proceed with the usual flow based on the module mode.
Default: Returns false
.
Example:
px_bypass_monitor_header
When enabling the enforcer for the first time, it is recommended to do so in monitor mode to collect data before actually starting to block user requests. Prior to switching the module mode to active_blocking entirely, it’s also crucial to verify that the full blocking flow works as expected. This feature activates the full blocking flow even while in monitor mode if a particular header is present on the request.
Default: ""
px_custom_check_sensitive_route
Certain endpoints may require more stringent protection from bot attacks (e.g., endpoints that execute payments or handle personal information). In these cases, this subroutine can be implemented. If the subroutine returns true
, a Risk API call will be made even if the request contains a valid, unexpired cookie. If the subroutine returns false
, the enforcer will use the value found in the valid, unexpired cookie.
Default: Returns false
.
Example:
px_sensitive_headers
The HUMAN detector requires information about the HTTP request as part of its bot detections. Certain headers may contain information that should not be forwarded to other servers, including the HUMAN backend. Setting these configurations will remove the headers from requests sent to HUMAN.
The Cookie
header is always removed from backend requests to HUMAN whether this feature is enabled or not.
px_sensitive_headers_enabled
Whether to invoke the px_custom_unset_sensitive_headers
function to unset sensitive headers prior to requests to the HUMAN backend.
Default: "false"
px_custom_unset_sensitive_headers
A custom subroutine that is invoked prior to requests to the HUMAN backend to remove sensitive headers. This subroutine is called in vcl_pass
, so headers should be unset from the bereq
object.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_check_enabled_route
A custom subroutine that returns a boolean indicating whether the module should be enabled for certain requests. This subroutine only has an effect if the px_module_enabled
configuration is set to "false"
.
Default: Returns false
Example:
Custom Blocking Configurations
px_css_ref
Provides a way to include an additional custom .css file to add to the captcha page.
Default: ""
px_js_ref
Provides a way to include a custom JS script to add to the captcha page. This script will run after the default JS scripts.
Default: ""
px_custom_logo
Adds a custom logo to the captcha page that will be shown to users. This aligns the captcha page with the customer’s brand.
Default: ""
px_enable_captcha
Provides more fine-tuned control of which block responses are returned. When set to "true"
, the px_custom_captcha_handler
will be invoked if HUMAN has decided a captcha response is necessary; otherwise, the px_custom_block_handler
will be invoked. When set to "false"
, the px_custom_block_handler
will be invoked always.
Default: "true"
px_custom_rate_limit_block_page
A subroutine that allows for customizing the rate limit block response. This will be invoked only if HUMAN has decided to return a 429 Too Many Requests response. This subroutine is called in vcl_error
, so changes to the response should be made with the cache object type and the synthetic statement.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_create_block_page
A custom subroutine that returns a string representing the HTML response body to be returned on the block response. Returning an empty value will result in the default HTML block page.
Default: Returns ""
Example:
px_custom_block_handler
A custom subroutine that will be called if (1) px_enable_captcha
is set to "false"
, or (2) HUMAN decided to return a non-captcha response. This subroutine must set all properties of the block response you wish to generate. This subroutine is called in vcl_error
, so changes to the response should be made with the cache object type and the synthetic statement.
This subroutine should always end with a `return(deliver);` statement to prevent the error flow from continuing.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_captcha_handler
A custom subroutine that will be called if (1) px_enable_captcha
is set to "true"
, and (2) HUMAN decided to return a captcha response. This subroutine must set all properties of the captcha response you wish to generate. This subroutine is called in vcl_error
, so changes to the response should be made with the cache object type and the synthetic statement.
This subroutine should always end with a `return(deliver);` statement to prevent the error flow from continuing.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_post_block_handler
Deprecated
This configuration is deprecated. Please use px_custom_block_handler
or px_custom_captcha_handler
instead.
px_custom_create_advanced_blocking_response
A subroutine that allows for customization of the JSON captcha response. This is applicable to the JSON captcha response only! This subroutine is called in vcl_error
, so changes to the response should be made with the cache object type and the synthetic statement.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_create_synthetic_web_response
A subroutine that allows for customization of the HTML browser captcha response. This is applicable to the HTML captcha response only! This subroutine is called in vcl_error
, so changes to the response should be made with the cache object type and the synthetic statement.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_custom_create_synthetic_mobile_response
The HUMAN Mobile SDK expects mobile captcha responses to have a certain structure. Exercise caution when making modifications to the mobile captcha response so as not to break this protocol.
A subroutine that allows for customization of the mobile captcha response. This is applicable to the mobile captcha response only! This subroutine is called in vcl_error
, so changes to the response should be made with the cache object type and the synthetic statement.
Default: Empty
Example:
CORS Configurations
CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is a mechanism that enables the server to indicate when a request contains cross-origin resources. It does so by adding special HTTP headers to the request, which permits the browser to load these resources. Without these headers, the browser may block requests to these resources for security reasons.
In most cases, CORS employs a two-stage procedure with a preliminary “preflight” request followed by the actual request. The preflight request checks if the actual request will be responded to. To learn more about different request types, see these examples.
In the HUMAN Enforcer, CORS behavior must be configured to address both simple requests (without preflight) and more complex ones (with preflight).
px_cors_support_enabled
Enabling CORS support via this configuration will have the following effects:
- It will automatically add the following default CORS response headers to block responses resulting from CORS requests.
- It will permit enabling the
px_cors_create_custom_block_response_headers
configuration, which will allow for customizing the block response headers via a custom function. - It will permit enabling the
px_cors_preflight_request_filter_enabled
andpx_cors_custom_preflight_handler
configurations, which allow for filtering and custom handling of preflight requests.
Default: "false"
px_cors_preflight_request_filter_enabled
If both the `px_cors_preflight_request_filter_enabled` and `px_cors_preflight_handler_enabled` are set to true, the custom preflight handler will take priority and invoke the `px_custom_cors_preflight_handler` from the VCL error stage.
This configuration disables enforcement for CORS preflight requests. When this configuration is set to true, CORS preflight requests will be filtered from the enforcer flow. That is, they will pass through the enforcer flow without triggering detection or block responses.
Default: "false"
px_cors_preflight_handler
If a more customized approach is needed for handling CORS preflight requests, these configurations can be set to define the desired behavior.
px_cors_preflight_handler_enabled
If both the `px_cors_preflight_request_filter_enabled` and `px_cors_preflight_handler_enabled` are set to true, the custom preflight handler will take priority and invoke the `px_custom_cors_preflight_handler` from the VCL error stage.
Whether to invoke the px_custom_cors_preflight_handler
subroutine. This is done by triggering a specific error with an error statement.
Default: "false"
px_custom_cors_preflight_handler
A custom subroutine for defining the desired CORS preflight response. This subroutine is called in vcl_error
, so changes to the response should be made with the cache object type and the synthetic statement.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_cors_create_custom_block_response_headers
If the default CORS response headers are not sufficient, these configurations can be used to completely customize the headers that should be added to all block responses resulting from CORS requests. If this function is defined, the default headers will not be added; instead, the custom subroutine will be invoked.
px_cors_create_custom_block_response_headers_enabled
Whether to invoke the px_custom_cors_set_custom_block_response_headers
subroutine. If set to "true"
, the px_custom_cors_set_custom_block_response_headers
subroutine will be invoked on block responses to CORS requests. If set to "false"
, then the default CORS response headers (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: req.http.Origin
and Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
) will be added to block responses.
Default: "false"
px_custom_cors_set_custom_block_response_headers
A custom subroutine for adding any desired headers to block responses to CORS requests. This subroutine is called in vcl_error
, so changes to the response should be made with the cache object type.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_enable_access_control_header
Deprecated
This configuration is deprecated. If you want to make customizations to block responses only when the incoming request is a CORS request, please use the px_cors_create_custom_block_response_headers_enabled
and px_custom_cors_set_custom_block_response_headers
configurations instead. If you want to make customizations to block responses in all cases, please use the px_custom_create_synthetic_web_response
, px_custom_create_synthetic_mobile_response
, and px_custom_create_advanced_blocking_response
configurations instead.
px_custom_access_control_header
Deprecated
This configuration is deprecated. If you want to make customizations to block responses only when the incoming request is a CORS request, please use the px_cors_create_custom_block_response_headers_enabled
and px_custom_cors_set_custom_block_response_headers
configurations instead. If you want to make customizations to block responses in all cases, please use the px_custom_create_synthetic_web_response
, px_custom_create_synthetic_mobile_response
, and px_custom_create_advanced_blocking_response
configurations instead.
GraphQL Configurations
px_graphql_enabled
Whether the enforcer should attempt to parse and report information about GraphQL operations on incoming requests.
Default: "true"
px_custom_is_graphql_route
A custom subroutine that returns a boolean indicating whether the request should be parsed as a GraphQL request. If px_graphql_enabled
is "true"
and this subroutine returns true
, the enforcer will attempt to parse the request body for GraphQL data. If this subroutine returns false
, the enforcer will not attempt to extract GraphQL data.
Default:
px_sensitive_graphql_operation_types
A space-separated list of operation types (query, mutation, or subscription) that should be considered sensitive. If one or more GraphQL operations on an HTTP request is found to have a type matching the list configured here, it will trigger a Risk API call even if the request contains a valid, unexpired cookie.
Default: ""
px_sensitive_graphql_operation_names
A space-separated list of operation names that should be considered sensitive. If one or more GraphQL operations on an HTTP request is found to have a name matching the list configured here, it will trigger a Risk API call even if the request contains a valid, unexpired cookie.
Default: ""
px_custom_check_sensitive_graphql_operation
This configuration should be used in cases that require more complex logic than allowed by the `px_sensitive_graphql_operation_types` and `px_sensitive_graphql_operation_names` configurations.
A custom subroutine that returns a boolean indicating whether the request should be treated as sensitive given the GraphQL data that was extracted by the enforcer.
Extracted data:
-
req.http.px-graphql:operation-type
- The GraphQL operation type (query
,mutation
,subscription
) on the request -
req.http.px-graphql:operation-name
- The GraphQL operation name on the request
Default: Returns false
Example:
Account Defender Configurations
px_jwt_cookie_name
The name of the cookie that contains the JWT token from which user identifiers should be extracted.
Default: ""
px_jwt_cookie_user_id_field_name
The field name in the JWT object, extracted from the JWT cookie, that contains the user ID to be extracted and reported.
Default: ""
px_jwt_header_name
The name of the header that contains the JWT token from which user identifiers should be extracted.
Default: ""
px_jwt_header_user_id_field_name
The field name in the JWT object, extracted from the JWT header, that contains the user ID to be extracted and reported.
Default: ""
px_custom_extract_jwt_additional_fields
A custom subroutine that extracts any additional desired field names and values in the JWT object. The subroutine should set the client request header px-jwt:additional-fields
to a valid JSON string in the format of {"<field_name_1>": "<field_value_1>", "field_name_2": "field_value_2"}
. The values can be extracted from the decoded JWT token available on the header req.http.px-jwt:token-decoded
.
Default: Empty
Example:
Remote Config Configurations
px_remote_config_id
The ID associated with the remote configuration for the application.
Default: ""
px_remote_config_secret
A secret key to use in the authentication of incoming Remote Config update requests.
Default: ""
px_enforcer_config_rdata
This table exists in the PX_CUSTOM
VCL file. If the Remote Config feature is enabled, this table declaration should be removed and an empty Fastly dictionary with the same name should be added instead.
cs_data
This table exists in the PX_CUSTOM
VCL file. This table declaration may be removed and a Fastly dictionary with the same name can be added instead.
In the cs_data
Fastly table (or dictionary), two entries should be added:
| Key Name | Value |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| eng_key
| The Fastly API key with permissions to make changes to the Fastly service. (The scope must be global, but it only needs permissions for the specific Fastly service.) This allows HUMAN to make updates to the Remote Config values. You can create an API token via the Fastly Console, CLI, or API. |
| px_enforcer_config_rdata_id
| The dictionary ID associated with the px_enforcer_config_rdata
dictionary. You can determine the dictionary ID via CLI or API. |
CSP Configurations
px_csp_enabled
Whether to enable the CSP feature. This feature adds the Content-Security-Policy and Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only headers to the HTTP responses. The values of these headers are updated by the Code Defender product.
Default: "false"
px_remote_data_enabled
This configuration enables receiving updates to CSP values from the HUMAN backend. If px_csp_enabled
is enabled, this configuration should be enabled as well.
Default: "false"
px_custom_csp_enabled_routes
A custom subroutine to determine which routes to enable CSP for. If the request should receive an HTTP response with the CSP and CSPRO headers, then this subroutine should set the req.http.csp_enabled_route
header to "1"
.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_csp_rdata
This table exists in the PX_CUSTOM
VCL file. If the CSP feature is enabled, this table declaration should be removed and an empty Fastly dictionary with the same name should be added instead.
cs_data
This table exists in the PX_CUSTOM
VCL file. If the CSP feature is enabled, this table declaration should be removed and a Fastly dictionary with the same name should be added instead.
In the cs_data
Fastly dictionary, two values should be added:
| Key Name | Value |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| eng_key | The Fastly API key with permissions to make changes to the Fastly service. This allows HUMAN to make updates to the CSP values. |
| px_csp_rdata_id | The ID associated with the px_csp_rdata
dictionary. |
Credential Intelligence Configurations
The Credential Intelligence product allows customers to safeguard their users’ login information by leveraging HUMAN’s database of compromised credentials.
The enforcer plays a major role in the Credential Intelligence process as it is in charge of extracting and sending to Credential Intelligence an anonymized, hashed, and salted version of the credentials in real-time and provides a real-time response whether the credentials are compromised or not. (This requires enablement of the Data Enrichment feature.)
px_login_credentials_extraction_enabled
This enables the extraction and reporting of credentials from the Enforcer. This must be set to "true"
to enable the Credential Intelligence product.
Default: false
px_login_credentials_extraction
A table detailing the settings for each credential endpoint. Each element in the array is an object representing a distinct endpoint to which credentials are sent, and includes information about how to identify these credential-bearing requests and how to extract the credentials from the request.
For each endpoint, define a credential entpoint suffix (e.g., _0
, _1
) and add this suffix to the keys corresponding to that endpoint (e.g., path_0
, method_0
, path_1
, method_1
). For more information, see the px_custom_is_login_request
subroutine.
This table exists in the PX_CUSTOM
VCL file. This table can be filled in or it may be removed in favor of a Fastly dictionary with the same name.
Default: Empty
Each credential endpoint configuration object contains the following fields:
path
Required. The path of the request that contains the credentials. (If you need to use a regular expression instead of an exact path, you can do so in the px_custom_is_login_request
subroutine.)
method
Required. The HTTP method of the request that contains the credentials. Supported methods are "post"
and "put"
.
sent_through
Required only if use_callback
is not 1
. Whether the credentials should be extracted from the request body.
Possible values:
"body"
- The credentials will be extracted according to the configureduser_field
andpass_field
values from the request body. Please notice that body limit is 8K (see Fastly docs).
The Enforcer parses the request body based on the `Content-Type` request header. Supported `Content-Type` values are:
-
application/json
-
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
”>
To support other content types, set the use_callback
key to 1
and define a px_custom_login_extraction_callback
to extract the credentials from the request as desired.
user_field
Required only if sent_through
is set to "body"
.
The name of the field, header name, or query parameter where the username can be found.
pass_field
Required only if sent_through
is set to "body"
.
The name of the field, header name, or query parameter where the password can be found.
Nested Objects in a JSON Body
The user_field
and pass_field
configurations support Content-Type
: application/json
bodies with nested objects. The configurations need only include the specific key names associated with the desired values. Any higher-level keys can be ignored.
For example, the table can include a user_field
with the value "username"
and a pass_field
with the value "password"
to support extracting the credentials from the following JSON body. There is no need to include the higher-level fields (i.e., "user_info"
or "authentication"
) in the configurations.
use_callback
Required only if sent_through
is not set.
This field can be set to "1"
instead of the sent_through
field to indicate that for this endpoint, the credentials will be extracted by invoking the px_custom_login_extraction_callback
subroutine. This may be used for multiple credential endpoints. The only possible value for this field is "1"
.
protocol
Optional. Whether to process credentials as part of single or multiple HTTP requests. By default, the module tries to process requests depending on which credential fields were extracted.
Possible values:
"v2"
- Both username and password are present on the same HTTP request and must be extracted successfully to trigger Credential Intelligence."multistep_sso"
- The username and password are delivered on different HTTP requests. Either the username or password, but not both, must be extracted successfully to trigger Credential Intelligence."both"
- The username and password may be present on the same HTTP request or on different HTTP requests. If either username or password is successfully extracted, the Enforcer will send the credentials according to themultistep_sso
protocol. If both username and password are successfully extracted, the Enforcer will send the credentials according to thev2
protocol.
Default: "both"
px_custom_is_login_request
A custom subroutine that sets the correct credential endpoint suffix according to the the request URL. That is, this subroutine should set the req.http.login-set
header to the credential endpoint suffix (e.g., _0
, _1
) that corresponds with the request’s path.
You may use the path
values in the px_login_credentials_extraction
table if an exact match is needed, or you may use a regular expression as desired.
Default:
px_custom_login_extraction_callback
A custom subroutine to extract the raw username and password from the request. All login extraction endpoints will use this same subroutine if their use_callback
value is set to "1"
. Use the req.http.login-set
header, which has the value of the credential endpoint suffix (e.g., _0
, _1
), to differentiate between the endpoints.
Set the req.http.px-creds:raw-username
header value to the raw username and the req.http.px-creds:raw-password
header value to the raw password extracted from the request.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_credentials_intelligence_version
Deprecated
This configuration is deprecated. Set the Credential Intelligence protocol on a per-endpoint basis by adding the protocol
field in the px_login_credentials_extraction
table.
px_login_successful_reporting_method
The method by which the Enforcer will determine whether the login request was successful.
Possible values:
"status"
- The Enforcer will determine if the login request was successful by evaluating the response status code against thepx_login_successful_status
configuration. (Supports only one status code. For multiple status codes, use the"custom"
setting.)"header"
- The Enforcer will determine if the login request was successful by evaluating whether thex-px-login-successful
header is set to"1"
."custom"
- The Enforcer will determine if the login request was successful by invoking thepx_custom_set_login_successful_response_header
subroutine.
This setting will apply to all configured Credential Intelligence endpoints. If you need to differentiate between endpoints, set this value to "custom"
and use the px_custom_set_login_successful_response_header
to implement your desired logic on a per-endpoint basis.
Default: "status"
px_login_successful_status
An HTTP status signifying a successful login. All other status codes will be treated as unsuccessful login attempts. This configuration takes effect only when the px_login_successful_reporting_method
is set to "status"
.
This configuration supports defining only one status code. For multiple status codes, set px_login_successful_reporting_method
to "custom"
and implement your desired logic in the px_custom_set_login_successful_response_header
subroutine instead.
Default: "200"
px_custom_set_login_successful_response_header
A custom subroutine to indicate if the login attempt was successful. This configuration takes effect only when the px_login_successful_reporting_method
is set to "custom"
. This subroutine is invoked during the vcl_deliver
stage.
The subroutine should set the resp.http.x-px-login-successful
header to "1"
if the login request resulted in a successful login, or to "0"
if the login attempt was unsuccessful.
Default: Empty
Example:
px_send_raw_username_on_additional_s2s_activity
Whether to report the raw username on the additional_s2s
activity. When set to "false"
, the raw username will never be reported. When set to "true"
, the raw username will only be reported if (1) the credentials are compromised, and (2) the login request was successful.
Default: "false"
px_credentials_intelligence_query_string
Whether to add the URL query parameter compromised_credentials=true
to the origin request URL if compromised credentials have been identified on the request.
Default: "false"
px_compromised_credentials_returned_status_response
This configuration modifies the returned client response status code if px_credentials_intelligence_query_string
is enabled, and if the login request contained compromised credentials and resulted in a successful login.
Default: ""
px_additional_s2s_activity_header_enabled
Whether to attach the additional_s2s
payload and URL as headers to the original request. This is done so that the additional_s2s
activity can be enriched with the proper login successful value and sent to the provided URL at a later stage.
When set to "true"
, the additional_s2s
activity will no longer be sent automatically by the Enforcer. Instead, the following headers will be added to the origin request:
px-additional-activity
- A JSON object containing the payload of theadditional_s2s
activity. The login_successful and http_status_code fields should be set prior to sending the activity.px-additional-activity-url
- The URL to which theadditional_s2s
payload should be sent as an HTTP POST request.
Default: "false"
Below is an example of JavaScript code at the origin server to handle parsing, enrichment, and sending of the additional_s2s
activities that arrive on request headers.