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The Barracuda Web Application Firewall detects all inbound web traffic and blocks SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, malware uploads, volumetric & application DDoS, or any other attacks against your web applications. It also inspects the HTTP responses from the configured back-end servers for Data Loss Prevention (DLP). The integrated access control engine enables administrators to create granular access control policies for Authentication, Authorization & Accounting (AAA), which gives organizations strong authentication and user control. The onboard L4/L7 Load Balancing capabilities enable organizations to quickly add back-end servers to scale deployments as they grow. Its application acceleration capabilities, including SSL Offloading, caching, compression, and connection pooling, ensure faster application delivery of web application content.