Manager 1.3.0 introduces Manual Rules - the ability to manually create FlowSpec and blackholing rules without waiting for detection thresholds to b...
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The Public API is an open LiveShield interface that lets an operator build anti-DDoS protection into its own business processes. New services and c...
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LiveShield and a scrubbing center are not competing DDoS protection models, but two layers of defense that can work together: LiveShield filters mo...
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BGP FlowSpec makes it possible to distribute precise traffic-filtering rules over the BGP protocol, without manual ACL configuration on every route...
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LiveShield does not base DDoS attack detection on opaque "artificial intelligence". The system calculates concrete PPS and bandwidth thresholds per...
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How long does it take LiveShield to detect and stop a DDoS attack? In this article we discuss the results of a test in which LiveShield responds to...
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RTBH blocks the entire IP address together with legitimate traffic. We explain how LiveShield combines precise FlowSpec with RTBH as an emergency m...
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How to design high availability for DDoS protection in a multi-location network. We explain why the LiveShield worker runs per location, and when t...
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A DDoS attack larger than the uplink capacity cannot be stopped by local filtering. We explain why FlowSpec is not enough when the link is saturate...
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A DDoS attack in an operator network rarely looks the way cloud providers' marketing materials portray it. It is not a single incident on one serve...
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Selective blackholing in LiveShield lets you set separate DDoS protection thresholds for a specific IP address, without affecting the rest of the n...
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Detecting a DDoS attack and generating a filtering rule is only the beginning. We discuss what happens after a DDoS attack is detected and what opt...
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SYN-ACK reflection attacks are not new in theory: they have been described for years as one of the variants of reflection/amplification. What is ne...
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What does a DDoS attack look like, and how does protection against DDoS attacks work in practice? We describe an example scenario and the LiveShiel...
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In this article we describe what to pay attention to so that the protection of an operator network against DDoS attacks works as intended from day...
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Choosing a system for protection against DDoS attacks usually starts with technical questions. But there comes a moment when you have to work out h...
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We have compiled the criteria worth checking before deciding on an anti-DDoS system, and we show how LiveShield measures up against them.
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How to carry out the change without risk and without a break in protection?
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A DDoS attack you will not see in per-IP alerts, and which will still saturate your link
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What your router must support, and what the upstream does not need to support at all
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