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Steps to find and turn off/on GoDaddy Web Application Firewall
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# The GoDaddy firewall also prevents the DNS records of the domain it's protecting from being edited. | |
# So WAF needs to be temporarily disabled in order to update DNS records. | |
In your GoDaddy account main dashboard page... | |
# Turn Off Godaddy WAF | |
https://sec.godaddy.com/ | |
1. Scroll to: "Website Security and Backups" (search page for "security" to jump to it | |
2. Click "Manage" next to "Website Security and Backups" | |
3. Click "Details" under "Firewall" | |
4. Wait for Godaddy security theater to finish (secure looking progress bar thing) | |
5. Click "Settings" upper right | |
6. Click "Firewall Status" left nav, last item in the list | |
7. Select Disable | |
8. Click the "Save" button | |
# Turn On Godaddy WAF | |
https://sec.godaddy.com/ | |
- Same process as above, but when you get to step 3., click "Setup" under "Firewall" |
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