PortWall combines request inspection, bot controls, API policy checks and threat intelligence in a security platform designed for self-managed infrastructure.
Availability of individual capabilities depends on edition and deployment. The edition comparison shows what is included in each plan.
Inspect inbound HTTP/S traffic before it reaches the protected application, using configurable policies and rules to identify suspicious requests.
Apply controls to automated traffic that may scrape content, abuse endpoints or create excessive request volume.
Give APIs explicit policy checks beyond generic web attack detection. Available in Enterprise tiers.
Share confirmed threat indicators across participating instances to help other deployments recognize repeat activity sooner.
Help teams review detections and refine narrow exceptions without disabling broad protection unnecessarily.
Use connection and traffic signals as additional context for detecting campaigns and applying rate or access policies.
Windows editions include host-oriented malware and file protections as supported by the configured environment.
Give administrators a consistent place to configure policies, review activity and manage supported deployments.
API gateway controls do not replace application authorization. For example, preventing broken object-level authorization generally requires application-specific identity and object-permission context. CORS is a browser policy—not an authentication mechanism.
Use Windows when you need local reverse-proxy protection plus host security. Use Linux when you need a self-managed gateway that can serve multiple tenants.
PortWall's editions share a security platform direction while adapting enforcement and licensing to the operating environment.
