RE: Re: DDoS protection

[Lance Lassetter <lancelassetter () gmail com>]

What about Suricata or Snort IDS in IPS mode?

On Jun 18, 2014 8:43 AM, "Mikhail A. Utin" <mutin () commonwealthcare org> wrote:
> As you indicated " Although we're small, We're an organization playing with ($,¥,€,£) exchanges" you are on client 
> side rather than on server. If that is right, you do not need to bother with DDoS protection, which is against server 
> side. 
> Mikhail 
>
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> Hi, 
>
> Thanks for your replies. 
>
> Noted the points raised by Jacint and Kelly Keeton. I appreciate that. 
>
> May I be kind to seek an opinion/ arguments suggesting if the In-house appliances are more "intelligent" thwarting 
> the application level DOS/ DDoS attacks as compared to ISP provided DOS protection wherein it may even fail to detect 
> them. or if there are other benefits owning an In-house product? 
>
> As far as Cons are concerned, I feel that the appliance may add some latency which may create issues wherein a 
> latency of milliseconds count. 
>
> Although we're small, We're an organization playing with ($,¥,€,£) exchanges and heavily regulated by the Government. 
>
> Thanks, 
> KT 
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