Title: Api key
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Api key

 *  Resolved [paul1967](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul1967/)
 * (@paul1967)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-101/)
 * Hi there.
    Concerning my last post I have now found the API key in my settings
   but when I try to enter it into the firewall WAF sttings it tells me that it 
   is a invalid key. Help please. regards, Paul
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 *  [yorman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yorman/)
 * (@yorman)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-101/#post-6105057)
 * The _“Firewall WAF”_ is a special page inside the plugin that is only intended
   to be used by users with a Sucuri account, I copied that page from the _“CloudProxy
   WAF Plugin”_ [1] to facilitate the support for our premium clients.
 * Following this idea we can say that the plugin is divided in three parts: non-
   key features, key-based features, and firewall features. You can choose to not
   associate your site to Sucuri at all by using the features that do not require
   an API key, if you want to use the file monitor then you will need to generate
   a **“free”** API key _(which you just did)_.
 * If you want to use the firewall then you will have to sign up for a premium account[
   2] because the plugin will only act as a control panel for CloudProxy [3] which
   is the service hosted in the Sucuri servers that will protect your site against
   attacks. Or you can opt to install a plugin that simulates the functionality 
   of a firewall, it will not work 100% of the time but at least it will be free.
 * [1] [https://wordpress.org/plugins/sucuri-cloudproxy-waf/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sucuri-cloudproxy-waf/)
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   2] [https://sucuri.net/website-firewall/signup](https://sucuri.net/website-firewall/signup)[
   3] [https://sucuri.net/website-firewall/](https://sucuri.net/website-firewall/)[
   4] [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=firewall](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=firewall)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-101/#post-6105057)
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