Content Length Selector

Purpose

The Content Type Selector permits path-specific handling dependent on the content type specified in a request (Internet Media Type, MIME Type).

For more information regarding adding and editing Preconditions, see Editing Preconditions.

Use the Content Type Selector to handle special or sensitive data in a specific way, for example.

Attribute	Meaning
content types	List of content types (Internet Media Types, MIME Types) for which the precondition is met, which means that vWAF observes the rules stored for the path added to the precondition (assuming any other additional preconditions specified are also met). Examples: application/x-www-form-urlencoded HTML form data to CGI multipart/form-data multi-part data from HTML form (e.g. file upload) application/msword Microsoft Word files (.doc, .dot) application/pdf Adobe PDF files (*.pdf)