Re: Denial of Service: Commercial Defense products

[Devdas Bhagat <devdas () dvb homelinux org>]

On 22/11/05 16:43 +0700, Ogle wrote:
> Hi,
> I have an ISP customer who want to protect their network and their
> subscriber's network.
> In "Internet Denial of Service: Attack and Defense Mecahnisms" book, I
> noticed 7 commercial products.
> 1. Mazu Enforcer by Mazu Networks
> 2. Peakflow by Arbor Networks
> 3. WS Series Apliances by Webscreen Technologies
> 4. Captus IPS by Captus Networks
> 5. MANAnet Shield by CS3
> 6. Cisco Traffic Anomaly Detector XT and Cisco Guard XT
> 7. StealthWatch by Lancope
>
> Since I'm new with this type of products, is there any reference out
> there to help me choose the right solution to my customer ?
> Is there any problem if I use IPS (ie: TippingPoint, McAfee) for this solution ?

What kind of DoS? Is this a simple packet flooding choking the pipe? Is
this an application layer attack? Syn floods? Physical damage to links?

Devdas Bhagat

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