# Normalization Prophaze WAF supports following normalisation techniques * URL-decoding * Null byte string termination * Self-referencing paths * Path back-references * Excessive use of white space * Comment removal * Conversion of (Windows-supported) backslash characters into forward slash characters. * Conversion of IIS-specific Unicode encoding (%uXXYY) * Decode HTML entities * Escaped characters --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.prophaze.com/detection-techniques/normalization.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.