Show HN: A Prolog-powered reverse WAF logic perimeter with SIMD acceleration

Category: security

Tags: waf, prolog, security, simd, anomaly-detection, llm-training

Score: 4.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 5, Documentation: 4, Utility: 4)

Aethel-Core is a Prolog-based web application firewall that uses dynamic backtracking, n-gram tokenization, and a multi-layer obfuscation decoder to block Layer-7 threats. It claims impressive benchmark numbers (millions of LIPS, 100% block rate) and aims to generate Chat-ML datasets for LLM instruction tuning, but the production deployment (reverse proxy appliance) is still under active development. The project mixes open-source core interfaces with a proprietary enterprise knowledge base, raising questions about completeness and verifiability of its bold claims.

Target audience: security engineers, devops, AI/ML researchers interested in neuro-symbolic systems

Repository: https://prologwaf.site/ · Prolog · MIT · 8 stars

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