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sam_travis_8103
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May 25, 2010

ASM as an IPS

I have an environment where my hosting network group would like to use ASM and an IPS instead of implementing ISS or TippingPoint. Has this been attempted?

 

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    samstep
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    May 27, 2010
    I did not quite get the question - the subject says "ASM as an IPS" and the message body says "ASM and an IPS" :-)

     

     

    ASM is a Layer 7 Web Application Firewall and is not a Network IPS. Having said that BIG-IP platform does have some Network IPS features such as DoS attacks/ SYN flood prevention and dynamic connection reaping...