chaitin / lua-resty-t1k

Lua implementation of the T1K protocol for Chaitin/SafeLine WAF

lua-resty-t1k

Name

Lua implementation of the T1K protocol for Chaitin/SafeLine Web Application Firewall.

Status

Production ready.

Installation

luarocks install lua-resty-t1k

If you are in Mainland China

luarocks install lua-resty-t1k --server https://luarocks.cn

Synopsis

location / {
    access_by_lua_block {
        local t1k = require "resty.t1k"

        local t = {
            mode = "block",                            -- block or monitor or off, default off
            host = "unix:/workdir/snserver.sock",      -- required, SafeLine WAF detection service host, unix domain socket, IP, or domain is supported, string
            port = 8000,                               -- required when the host is an IP or domain, SafeLine WAF detection service port, integer
            connect_timeout = 1000,                    -- connect timeout, in milliseconds, integer, default 1s (1000ms)
            send_timeout = 1000,                       -- send timeout, in milliseconds, integer, default 1s (1000ms)
            read_timeout = 1000,                       -- read timeout, in milliseconds, integer, default 1s (1000ms)
            req_body_size = 1024,                      -- request body size, in KB, integer, default 1MB (1024KB)
            keepalive_size = 256,                      -- maximum concurrent idle connections to the SafeLine WAF detection service, integer, default 256
            keepalive_timeout = 60000,                 -- idle connection timeout, in milliseconds, integer, default 60s (60000ms)
            remote_addr = "http_x_forwarded_for: 1",   -- remote address from ngx.var.VARIABLE, string, default from ngx.var.remote_addr
        }

        local ok, err, _ = t1k.do_access(t, true)
        if not ok then 
            ngx.log(ngx.ERR, err)
        end
    }

    header_filter_by_lua_block {
        local t1k = require "resty.t1k"
        t1k.do_header_filter()
    }
}

Lua Resty T1K vs. C T1K

C T1K, as part of SafeLine's enterprise edition, is a deployment mode crafted in C language for enhanced performance. It is compatible with all versions of Nginx and does not require deployment via OpenResty (lua_nginx_module).

	Lua Resty T1K	C T1K
Request Detection	✅	✅
Response Detection	❌	✅
Health Checks*	❌	✅
Cookie Protection	❌	✅
Bot Protection	❌	✅
Proxy-side Statistics	❌	✅

* APISIX implements health check functionality for the chaitin-waf plugin. For more information, please see the chaitin-waf documentation.