Imagine how much you’d use the internet if you had to remember dozens of number combinations to do anything. Developed in 1983, the Domain Name System or DNS translates the names people type into a browser into an IP address so the requested service can be found on the internet. It is one of the most important plumbing components for a functioning internet. So welcome to F5’s Intelligent DNS Scale story.
Security, Availability and Integrity are top concerns around DNS. Infoblox Secure DNS
* provides a secure platform to host DNS services
* provides resilient DNS services even under attack ( like DNS DDoS, exploits )
* prevents data theft by malware/APT that uses DNS
* maintains DNS integrity that can otherwise be compromised by DNS hijacking
Security, Availability and Integrity are top concerns around DNS. Infoblox Secure DNS
* provides a secure platform to host DNS services
* provides resilient DNS services even under attack ( like DNS DDoS, exploits )
* prevents data theft by malware/APT that uses DNS
* maintains DNS integrity that can otherwise be compromised by DNS hijacking
Quick-Start Guide: Deploying Your Cloudian HyperStore Hybrid Storage ServiceCloudian
This document will help a new user deploy a 3-node Cloudian storage cluster in your data center for use with the Cloudian HyperStore Hybrid Cloud Service from AWS Marketplace.
CloudStack - Top 5 Technical Issues and TroubleshootingShapeBlue
Cloudstack Top 5 technical issues and troubleshooting. Cloudstack is a mature product in use by companies world-wide. While being associated with CloudStack development for over 5 years, Abhi has come across some technical issues that once in a while affect the CloudStack deployment. This presentation is an effort to put together top 5 such issues, analyze their symptoms, see them from CloudStack architecture perspective and from the distributed nature of cloud orchestration, then look at ways to avoid them and finally be able to troubleshoot if they occur.
Avaya Aura® Session Border Controller, powered by Acme Packet, secures the IP border for the real time interactive communications that flow outside your internal network. With Avaya Aura® Session Border Controller, your Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions can securely leverage SIP, while simultaneously extending the power of the Avaya Aura® architecture throughout your enterprise to realize the true benefits of open standards.
McAfee - McAfee Application Control (MAC) - Whitelisting - TechbookIftikhar Ali Iqbal
The idea behind the techbook is to provide a guide for running and operating the solution, either in a lab, POC or pilot production environment.
Topic: McAfee Application Control (MAC)
- Deployment Workflow
- Prerequisites
- Deployment steps
- Configuration
- Policies
- Testing / User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Events
- Reports and Dashboards
Please note all the information is based prior to Feb 2018.
Designing IBM MQ deployments for the cloud generationDavid Ware
Businesses are transforming their enterprise IT infrastructure so that application teams can efficiently provision resources in an automated, self-service fashion, to be deployed as a service. In this session, we look at what that means with IBM MQ, and where previous design and deployment practices may not suit a more agile approach. We'll share what's possible with IBM MQ today, including the current best practices to achieve a low-touch, scalable solution whether deploying to the cloud or to on-premise systems.
- 동영상 보기: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq4I57eqIp4
Amazon RDS 프록시는 Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)를 위한 완전 관리형 고가용성 데이터베이스 프록시로, 애플리케이션의 확장 성, 데이터베이스 장애에 대한 탄력성 및 보안 성을 향상시킬 수 있습니다. (2020년 6월 서울 리전 출시)
Nutanix Enterprise Cloud makes virtualization invisible, leveraging Nutanix's built-in and license free hypervisor – AHV. This powerful introduction to AHV and Prism's integrated virtualization management explains the benefits of converging the virtualization layer with the infrastructure stack. A veteran Nutanix engineer will demonstrate how easy it is to provision new workloads on AHV, and manage the full virtualization environment via Prism. See all of the enterprise-grade capabilities that make AHV the perfect choice for your applications and IT budget.
AWS 리소스를 사용하기 위한 모든 요청은 Identity and Access Management, 즉 IAM을 통해 이루어집니다. 따라서 IAM은 가장 기본적이면서도 핵심적인 도구이며, 고객 여러분들의 소중한 워크로드를 지키기 위한 시작입니다. 이번 세션에서는 AWS상에서의 인증과 인가, 그리고 감사가 어떻게 이루어지는지 보고, 다양한 사례들을 살펴보겠습니다.
DNS Security (DNSSEC) With BIG-IP Global Traffic ManagerDSorensenCPR
This slideshow gives an overview of how F5's BIG-IP Application Delivery Controllers protect customers' DNS infrastructure against various attacks by implementing a unique dynamic security signing policy.
클라우드의 전개 유형별 특징을 살펴보고 클라우드로 전환하기 위해 고려해야 할 사항과 실제 사례를 공유합니다.
목차
1. 클라우드 세상
2. 클라우드 유형
3. 클라우드 도입 전략
4. 고객 사례
5. 요약
대상
- 클라우드에 관심이 있는 분
- 클라우드 전환을 고려하시는 분
- 잠깐 휴식을 취하고 싶은 개발자
ASA Firepower NGFW Update and Deployment ScenariosCisco Canada
This session will focus on typical deployment scenarios for the Adaptive Security Appliance family running FirePower Services. Also, a feature overview and comparison of the ASA with Firepower services and the new Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) image will be included with updates on the new Firepower hardware platform. Deployment use cases will include Internet Edge, various segmentation scenarios, and VPN. A configuration walk-through and accepted best practices will be covered. This session is designed for existing ASA customers and targets the security and network engineer. They will learn the benefit of a FirePower NGFW in network edge and Internet use cases
https://f5.com/solutions/enterprise/reference-architectures/intelligent-dns-scale
DNS is the backbone of the Internet. It allows humans to find domain names like www.f5.com instead of the numerical IP addresses web servers require. It is also one of the most vulnerable points in your network. DNS failures account for 41 percent of web downtime, so keeping your DNS available is essential to your business. F5 can help you manage DNS's rapid growth and avoid outages with end-to-end solutions that increase the speed, availability, scalability, and security of your DNS infrastructure. Plus, our solution enables you to consolidate DNS services onto fewer devices, which are easier to secure and manage than traditional DNS deployments
Using Docker container technology with F5 Networks products and servicesF5 Networks
The evolving needs of IT and the advent of agile development and deployment strategies has led to the emergence of “containerization,” an alternative to full machine virtualization in which an application is encapsulated in a container with its own operating environment. Containerization is an attractive solution that enables developers to iterate faster. It also offers additional benefits that address the overhead associated with virtual machines, allowing for higher utilization of resources in the software-defined data center (SDDC).
Although containerization isn’t a new concept, Docker, developed by Docker, Inc., has been widely cited as the implementation of choice due to its broad industry support, standardization, and comprehensive breadth of capability. In the company’s words, Docker is “an open platform for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. It gives programmers, development teams and operations engineers the common toolbox they need to take advantage of the distributed and networked nature of modern applications.” As such, Docker simplifies application lifecycle management from development to deployment and enables application portability. This simplification is critical for enterprises, considering that there are multiple hosting options for an application, either in the public cloud or private cloud infrastructure.
This paper outlines F5’s direction on using containers within F5 technology and for supporting Docker for application delivery and security. Before we discuss this strategy, it is important to recognize data center pain points and why these technologies are critical for the next generation enterprise application delivery.
Quick-Start Guide: Deploying Your Cloudian HyperStore Hybrid Storage ServiceCloudian
This document will help a new user deploy a 3-node Cloudian storage cluster in your data center for use with the Cloudian HyperStore Hybrid Cloud Service from AWS Marketplace.
CloudStack - Top 5 Technical Issues and TroubleshootingShapeBlue
Cloudstack Top 5 technical issues and troubleshooting. Cloudstack is a mature product in use by companies world-wide. While being associated with CloudStack development for over 5 years, Abhi has come across some technical issues that once in a while affect the CloudStack deployment. This presentation is an effort to put together top 5 such issues, analyze their symptoms, see them from CloudStack architecture perspective and from the distributed nature of cloud orchestration, then look at ways to avoid them and finally be able to troubleshoot if they occur.
Avaya Aura® Session Border Controller, powered by Acme Packet, secures the IP border for the real time interactive communications that flow outside your internal network. With Avaya Aura® Session Border Controller, your Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions can securely leverage SIP, while simultaneously extending the power of the Avaya Aura® architecture throughout your enterprise to realize the true benefits of open standards.
McAfee - McAfee Application Control (MAC) - Whitelisting - TechbookIftikhar Ali Iqbal
The idea behind the techbook is to provide a guide for running and operating the solution, either in a lab, POC or pilot production environment.
Topic: McAfee Application Control (MAC)
- Deployment Workflow
- Prerequisites
- Deployment steps
- Configuration
- Policies
- Testing / User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Events
- Reports and Dashboards
Please note all the information is based prior to Feb 2018.
Designing IBM MQ deployments for the cloud generationDavid Ware
Businesses are transforming their enterprise IT infrastructure so that application teams can efficiently provision resources in an automated, self-service fashion, to be deployed as a service. In this session, we look at what that means with IBM MQ, and where previous design and deployment practices may not suit a more agile approach. We'll share what's possible with IBM MQ today, including the current best practices to achieve a low-touch, scalable solution whether deploying to the cloud or to on-premise systems.
- 동영상 보기: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq4I57eqIp4
Amazon RDS 프록시는 Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)를 위한 완전 관리형 고가용성 데이터베이스 프록시로, 애플리케이션의 확장 성, 데이터베이스 장애에 대한 탄력성 및 보안 성을 향상시킬 수 있습니다. (2020년 6월 서울 리전 출시)
Nutanix Enterprise Cloud makes virtualization invisible, leveraging Nutanix's built-in and license free hypervisor – AHV. This powerful introduction to AHV and Prism's integrated virtualization management explains the benefits of converging the virtualization layer with the infrastructure stack. A veteran Nutanix engineer will demonstrate how easy it is to provision new workloads on AHV, and manage the full virtualization environment via Prism. See all of the enterprise-grade capabilities that make AHV the perfect choice for your applications and IT budget.
AWS 리소스를 사용하기 위한 모든 요청은 Identity and Access Management, 즉 IAM을 통해 이루어집니다. 따라서 IAM은 가장 기본적이면서도 핵심적인 도구이며, 고객 여러분들의 소중한 워크로드를 지키기 위한 시작입니다. 이번 세션에서는 AWS상에서의 인증과 인가, 그리고 감사가 어떻게 이루어지는지 보고, 다양한 사례들을 살펴보겠습니다.
DNS Security (DNSSEC) With BIG-IP Global Traffic ManagerDSorensenCPR
This slideshow gives an overview of how F5's BIG-IP Application Delivery Controllers protect customers' DNS infrastructure against various attacks by implementing a unique dynamic security signing policy.
클라우드의 전개 유형별 특징을 살펴보고 클라우드로 전환하기 위해 고려해야 할 사항과 실제 사례를 공유합니다.
목차
1. 클라우드 세상
2. 클라우드 유형
3. 클라우드 도입 전략
4. 고객 사례
5. 요약
대상
- 클라우드에 관심이 있는 분
- 클라우드 전환을 고려하시는 분
- 잠깐 휴식을 취하고 싶은 개발자
ASA Firepower NGFW Update and Deployment ScenariosCisco Canada
This session will focus on typical deployment scenarios for the Adaptive Security Appliance family running FirePower Services. Also, a feature overview and comparison of the ASA with Firepower services and the new Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) image will be included with updates on the new Firepower hardware platform. Deployment use cases will include Internet Edge, various segmentation scenarios, and VPN. A configuration walk-through and accepted best practices will be covered. This session is designed for existing ASA customers and targets the security and network engineer. They will learn the benefit of a FirePower NGFW in network edge and Internet use cases
https://f5.com/solutions/enterprise/reference-architectures/intelligent-dns-scale
DNS is the backbone of the Internet. It allows humans to find domain names like www.f5.com instead of the numerical IP addresses web servers require. It is also one of the most vulnerable points in your network. DNS failures account for 41 percent of web downtime, so keeping your DNS available is essential to your business. F5 can help you manage DNS's rapid growth and avoid outages with end-to-end solutions that increase the speed, availability, scalability, and security of your DNS infrastructure. Plus, our solution enables you to consolidate DNS services onto fewer devices, which are easier to secure and manage than traditional DNS deployments
Using Docker container technology with F5 Networks products and servicesF5 Networks
The evolving needs of IT and the advent of agile development and deployment strategies has led to the emergence of “containerization,” an alternative to full machine virtualization in which an application is encapsulated in a container with its own operating environment. Containerization is an attractive solution that enables developers to iterate faster. It also offers additional benefits that address the overhead associated with virtual machines, allowing for higher utilization of resources in the software-defined data center (SDDC).
Although containerization isn’t a new concept, Docker, developed by Docker, Inc., has been widely cited as the implementation of choice due to its broad industry support, standardization, and comprehensive breadth of capability. In the company’s words, Docker is “an open platform for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. It gives programmers, development teams and operations engineers the common toolbox they need to take advantage of the distributed and networked nature of modern applications.” As such, Docker simplifies application lifecycle management from development to deployment and enables application portability. This simplification is critical for enterprises, considering that there are multiple hosting options for an application, either in the public cloud or private cloud infrastructure.
This paper outlines F5’s direction on using containers within F5 technology and for supporting Docker for application delivery and security. Before we discuss this strategy, it is important to recognize data center pain points and why these technologies are critical for the next generation enterprise application delivery.
A conflict emerges when people/consumers/employees are accumulating devices (avg. person carries 3) and want to use those for work while organizations are in the process of consolidating infrastructure and the amount of devices they need to manage. Providing employees with anywhere, anytime access is the top reason for VDI interest. Other important areas include the ability to centrally manage desktops to boost efficiency, reduce the cost in upgrading or purchasing desktop computers, the ability to automate and have a robust disaster recovery plan, providing enhanced control over data security along with no limitation on end point devices.
Developed in 1983, the Domain Name System or DNS translates the names people type into a browser into an IP address so the requested service can be found on the internet. It is one of the most important plumbing components for a functioning internet. So welcome to F5’s Intelligent DNS Scale story.
Intrinsic Security—The Key to Effective Hybrid DDoS ProtectionF5 Networks
Preview the third "State of Application Delivery in 2015" webinar entitled, "Intrinsic Security - The Key to Effective Hybrid DDoS Protection."
Learn about today’s changing threat landscape and the value of a hybrid DDoS protection architecture built on the principles of intrinsic security.
Watch the Intrinsic Security webinar (and previous webinars) on-demand at f5.com/SOAD.
And follow @F5Security on Twitter for more information and updates from F5 Networks.
Operationalize the network to affect positive cultural change across IT silos to accelerate time to market because the second place is the first loser in an application world.
Key Findings from the State of Application Delivery 2015F5 Networks
Key Findings from the State of Application Delivery 2015. The State of Applications Services presentation was highlighted in F5 Networks State of Application Delivery 2015 Webinar featuring Manny Rivelo, EVP Strategic Solutions, Cindy Borovick, Director Business Intelligence, and Lori MacVittie, Principal Technical Evangelist.
To watch the complete webinar or sign-up for future F5 webinars go to: www.F5.com/SOAD
The purpose of this survey is to gain a better understanding of familiarity and future adoption strategies for HTTP 2.0, including perceived benefits and barriers to adoption.
Conducted on behalf of F5 Networks by IDG Research Services in September 2014.
IT challenges are growing at exponential rates
Most of these challenges are external forces pushing in on IT
The challenges are a mix of both apps and infrastructure – mobile apps and BYoD tax both the app and network infrastructure
However the solutions are typically siloed, focused on solving very specific issues without addressing the larger problems as a whole
These technology shifts, many of which are creating market transitions. Creating a great opportunity for solutions. For example,
Users no longer work from the office. Today, they work for anywhere, at any time, one any device, and corporations needs solutions for a mobile work force
The rise of the Cloud and Software Define Data Center….means that applications are equally portable and require a new set of solutions to ensure they’re fast, secure and available
With such changes, there are new forms or threats…from simple FW solutions, to DDoS (volumetric and application centric), to malware, fraud and much more
Lets not forget Software Defined “Everything”, customer want a much more agile infrastructure and orchestration and manageability. At a push of a button they want to orchestrate the whole stack.
Clearly, there will be more devices and traffic. Demanding more diameter signaling, security and QoE
And last, let not forget the HTTP is the new TCP. HTTP is the web protocol and therefore your network infrastructure needs to be aware of the session flows and messages, which requires intelligence beyond the traditional layer 3 solutions
All these solutions are having dramatic implications on applications an the users that access them.
Presentation on F5 LineRate that describes 5 ways to use node.js in the network to assist and enhance applications. Trial of LineRate is available at linerate.f5.com/try.
Ensure Application Availability Between Hybrid Data CentersF5 Networks
Preview the Ensure Application Availability Between Hybrid Data Centers webinar. Learn real-world strategies for building a hybrid infrastructure to support your on- and off-premises applications.
This is the second of four webinars in the F5 Networks State of Application Delivery 2015 series. The webinars are based on the survey results that make of the "State of Application Delivery in 2015" report, which highlights strategic initiatives are driving application deployments including the most important trend for the next two to five years.
Download the report and watch all the webinars here: f5.com/SOAD
Load balancing isn’t dead—it has evolved into something much greater. While it remains a core functionality for delivering any application, traditional load-balancing has moved beyond the network to encompasses a range of security, performance and management services. As leaders in the application services industry, F5’s expertise in helping power fast, available, and secure applications forms the foundation for our entire catalog of solutions.
Any Device. Anytime. Anywhere. Not only are employees accessing enterprise applications on mobile devices, they’re increasingly using their own devices. Making applications always available anywhere on any device is critical to lowering costs and maximizing productivity. With F5, you can remove the roadblocks in your network to efficiently and securely deliver applications that are available to users when and where they need them.
F5 Certified! Program Overview and UpdateF5 Networks
What does it mean to be F5 Certified? F5 Networks Certified exams test the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful when working with today’s application delivery challenges. F5 Professional Certification represents a new breed of technologist capable of manipulating the entire application stack from traditional network knowledge all the way to advanced application layer understanding, with a unique capability to integrate the two. An F5 Networks certification gives technologists a high-quality, credible certification that is a differentiator for candidates and a strategic, competitive advantage for organizations employing them.
Learn more at www.F5.com/education/certification
Integrated SDN/NFV Framework for Transitioning to Application Delivery ModelF5 Networks
While service providers continue to validate various use cases associated with NFV, new advanced devices, increasing usage of high bandwidth applications,
and the Internet of Things (IoT) are all pushing them to commercialize these NFV initiatives to enable them to profitably scale their networks and deploy new revenue generating business models. We will explore:
• Why hybrid architectures are key to scale and evolve NFV environments
• The importance of the evolution of standards and ecosystems
• Key technologies that are crucial to realize the benefits of NFV
Presentation titled "NFV - moving from vision to reality" by Mallik Tatipamula, VP Service Provider Solutions, F5 Networks, at NFV World Congress in May 2015.
While F5 supports the whole range of the Horizon Suite, this reference architecture focuses on the Horizon View component of VMware’s overall End User Computing solutions.
F5 APM VE, optimized for VMware Horizon View, delivers secure access, traffic management, and simplified deployment for VMware Horizon View
clients. F5 is able to deliver several capabilities unique to the APM/Horizon View solution, including:
• Single namespace, which reduces the burden on administrators of managing user access to a globally distributed VDI, while ensuring that users are always securely connected to their preferred desktop at the appropriate data center.
• PCoIP proxy, simplifying Horizon View architectures, and delivering hardened security and increased scalability. (BTW, F5 was the first vendor to provide this functionality.)
• Secure remote and local access, and integration with AAA services, and single sign-on (SSO) which streamlines the user experience, while improving both security and productivity.
Load balancing isn’t dead—it has evolved into something much greater. While it remains a core functionality for delivering any application, traditional load-balancing has moved beyond the network to encompasses a range of security, performance and management services. As leaders in the application services industry, F5’s expertise in helping power fast, available, and secure applications forms the foundation for our entire catalog of solutions.
Any Device. Anytime. Anywhere. Not only are employees accessing enterprise applications on mobile devices, they’re increasingly using their own devices. Making applications always available anywhere on any device is critical to lowering costs and maximizing productivity. With F5, you can remove the roadblocks in your network to efficiently and securely deliver applications that are available to users when and where they need them.
F5 Networks: Introduction to Silverline WAF (web application firewall)F5 Networks
The F5 Networks Silverline Web Application Firewall service offering provides quick web application firewall (WAF) implementation and unified, scalable policy enforcement capabilities. The service also includes 24x7 support from highly specialized F5 security experts with the company’s Security Operations Center (SOC) resources.
As the latest addition to F5’s Silverline cloud-based application services platform, the new WAF offering is built on the award-winning capabilities of the company’s BIG-IP Application Security Manager product. F5 seamlessly provides leading WAF services in both on-premises and subscription-based cloud offerings. The company’s versatile, easy to deploy WAF solutions let organizations confidently incorporate cloud resources while protecting apps and data from increasingly sophisticated security attacks, risks, and vulnerabilities.
Company Profile: F5 Networks’ Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller and BIG-I...F5 Networks
F5 Networks is a provider of application delivery products and services with a broad solution portfolio including network data and signaling traffic management, security, cloud and application delivery controller, and serves the telecoms, financial services, government and IT/enterprise industries.
This profile focuses on F5’s Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller (SDC) and BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) products that together help communications service providers (CSPs) address the challenges of data and mobile signaling traffic growth in their networks, and monetise the increasing demand for data services.
F5 helps Communications Service Providers meet unprecedented growth in mobile traffic with new DNS services. F5’s intelligent Domain Name System (DNS) architecture enables CSPs to build flexible, secure, and scalable IP-based networks.
Building Resilient Applications with Cloudflare DNSDevOps.com
DNS is a mission-critical component for any online business. Yet this component is often overlooked and forgotten until something breaks.
As DNS attacks become more prevalent, businesses are starting to realize that the lack of a resilient DNS creates a weak link in their security strategy. Also, adopting the right DNS posture is important for achieving 100% uptime and ensuring uninterrupted superior performance. This becomes even more important during this crisis environment as your online presence is the only bridge connecting your business to customers and prospects.
Join this webinar to learn more about:
Risks posed by a weak DNS strategy,
Different ways to accomplish a redundant DNS setup,
How Cloudflare makes it easy to deploy a secure and resilient DNS.
F5 enhances suite of DNS services with added scalability and security. Complete DNS solution improves overall performance and reduces costs for enterprise customers.
F5 and Infoblox deliver complete secured DNS infrastructureDSorensenCPR
F5 and Infoblox have partnered to develop a solution to simplify and speed deployment of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). F5 and Infoblox together deliver the market’s only fully integrated and complete DNSSEC solution including high-performance DNS and GSLB functions, all supporting signed DNSSEC data. This provides customers a scalable, manageable, and secure DNS infrastructure that is equipped to withstand DNS attacks. The solution is a combination of Infoblox’s purpose-built appliances that deliver highly reliable, manageable and secure DNS services with built-in, automated DNSSEC features, and F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager appliances optimized with hardware acceleration facilitating real-time signing of DNSSEC signature queries.
PLNOG 13: Adam Obszyński: Case Study – Infoblox Advanced DNS ProtectionPROIDEA
Adam Obszyński – pracuje w Infoblox jako Senior Systems Engineer odpowiedzialny za CEE. Wcześniej pracował w Cisco, u kilku integratorów (NXO, MCX, ATM) i operatorów (ATMAN, Polbox, Multinet). Posiada doświadczenie w projektowaniu i wdrażaniu rozwiązań sieciowych i aplikacyjnych. W branży od 20 lat. Certyfikowany inżynier CCIE #8557 oraz CISSP. Prowadził prezentacje i warsztaty na wielu konferencjach w kraju i za granicą (m.in. Cisco Live US & EU, Cisco Forum, Cisco Expo, PLNOG).
Temat prezentacji:Case Study – Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection
Język prezentacji: Polski
Abstrakt:
Słyszałeś o typach ataków wymienionych poniżej? A może doświadczyłeś ich w swojej sieci?
Phantom domain attack
NXDomain attack
DNS reflection/DrDoS attacks
DNS amplification
DNS cache poisoning
Protocol anomalies
DNS tunneling
DNS hijacking
Na poprzednim PLNOG mówiłem o unikalnej ochronie DNS za pomocą Infoblox ADP. Tym razem opowiem o tym co nowego zrobiliśmy w ramach ochrony DNS oraz zaprezentuje przypadki ze środowisk sieciowych naszych klientów.
Opowiem co się działo w sieci klientów i jak uporaliśmy się z problemami ataków na DNS.
Rozwiązanie Advanced DNS Protection od Infoblox dostarcza kompleksowe rozwiązanie do ochrony przed wieloma atakami na usługi DNS. System w inteligentny sposób odróżnia poprawny ruch DNS od złośliwego ruchu DDoS generowanego przez atakujących, takich jak DNS, exploity i słabości. Automatycznie usuwa ruch atakujący podczas gdy z pełną wydajnością odpowiada na poprawny ruch DNS. Ponadto, Advanced DNS Protection otrzymuje automatyczne aktualizacje swoich polityk/reguł, zapewniając stałą ochronę przed wszelkimi nowościami w tej dziedzinie. Infoblox jest pierwszym i jedynym producentem, który oferuje tak wyjątkowe i unkalne rozwiązanie dla najwyższej ochrony krytycznych usług DNS. Więcej szczegółów o rozwiązaniach dla operatorów: www.infoblox.com/sp
Comprehensive overview of expertly engineered features for DNS services. DNS Made Easy has the industry's longest history of 100% uptime over 13 years and guarantees 100% uptime for all their clients. Email Sales@DNSMadeEasy.com for more information or visit www.DNSMadeEasy.com
Thinking about SDN and whether it is the right approach for your organization?Cisco Canada
Thinking about SDN and whether it is the right approach for your organization? Have you heard about Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure and F5 Synthesis yet? The path to radically simplify and accelerate application deployment and datacenter agility can be a phased approach that leverages your existing investment. Rapid delivery of applications to anyone, anywhere, at any time is complex—and many businesses struggle with it.
EfficientIP webinar mitigate dns zero day vulnerabilityEfficientIP
Hybrid DNS technology provides the highest-level of security for your name servers. When a zero day vulnerability alert or actual cyber attack affects your currently-running name server software, Hybrid DNS technology gives you alternative name server software that you can switch to with a single click.
Your data center operations continue normally, and you revert to using the original name server software only after its vulnerability has been patched, tested and verified. The results are greater security, less risk, better performance (the alternative name server software is highly responsive), and easier administration.
EfficientIP is the only DDI vendor to provide state-of-the- art, high-quality, truly effective hybrid DNS security. The EfficientIP Hybrid Technology incorporates a second DNS engine, in addition to BIND, in a single DNS appliance. The alternate DNS engine is based on two different name server products, Unbound and NSD from NLnet Labs.
Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver designed for high performance. NSD is an authoritative only, high performance name server.
At any given moment, one DNS engine is active (running) on a SOLIDserverTM DNS appliance and the other is in standby mode. EfficientIP’s SmartArchitectureTM automatically ensures that configuration changes are synchronized between the two DNS engines.
With a single click, you switch from running a Bind name server software that’s been hacked to alternate NSD or Unbound server software that’s been unaffected by a security breach. The alternative name server software can remain in place while DNS programmers patch, test and validate a security upgrade to the vulnerable name server product.
As you will use different technologies with your Firewall infrastructure, you need several DNS engines to mitigate Zero Day vulnerabilities
The security of data in transit has traditionally been the purview of nation states. Now the global adoption of the world wide web is bringing cryptography to the common man. But the forces of malicious actors and eavesdroppers are moving nearly all significant speech and commerce into a single cryptographic protocol: SSL.
SSL is the set of cryptographic protocols that secure data in transit. Today SSL is often the only tool standing between an eavesdropper and a target, or a thief and a merchant. The stakes around SSL have been upleveled to the limit. Whether or not it’s convenient to admit, it’s time for organizations to uplevel their overall security posture to protect this last line of defense.
F5 Networks: The Internet of Things - Ready InfrastructureF5 Networks
The world of smart devices talking to each other—and to us—is well
underway and here to stay. To connect to the Internet of Things
opportunity, it’s key to design and build networking infrastructures that can handle massive amounts of new data.
“Madness” is a Denial of Service (DDoS) bot targeting Windows machines. While it constantly evolves its capabilities, it certainly represents the progress attackers made in Layer 7 DDoS expertise. The bot author proudly states that “Madness” is the superior successor and an actual hybrid of the notorious DDoS malware families “BlackEnergy,” “gbot,” “DirtJumper,” “Darkness Optima,” “iBot,” and “w3Bot.”
While there were several publications covering the infection aspects of this bot, little was said about its Denial of Service functionality. This report will cover it in detail and compare its different DDoS techniques.
Scaling Mobile Network Security for LTE: A Multi-Layer ApproachF5 Networks
Service providers know they need to protect the network, maintain stability, and manage millions of real-time sessions without costs spiraling out of control. In this paper, Patrick Donegan, Senior Analyst at Heavy Reading, outlines the new challenges introduced by LTE and the security architecture in the service provider network. He stresses the importance of implementing a dynamic, multi-layered security approach that makes use of virtualization, service chaining, and real-time subscriber awareness.
Security is a top priority for service providers, who must deliver superior network quality and customer experiences without adding complexity or cost. F5 Networks offers a suite of dynamic, multi-layered solutions that simplify delivery architectures, boost service availability, and enhance application awareness and control
The F5 Networks Application Services Reference Architecture (White Paper)F5 Networks
Build elastic, flexible application delivery fabrics that are ready to meet the challenges of optimizing and securing applications in a constantly evolving environment.
The F5 Networks Application Services Reference Architecture (White Paper)
An Evolving Threat Needs an Evolved Defense (F5 Networks Infographic)F5 Networks
Secure your business from today's sophisticated attacks.
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have changed in recent years. Motivations for aacks are increasingly financial or political, but the objective is the same: to cause a service outage. While there are still traditional aacks aimed at filling Internet pipes, aacks intended to exhaust application server resources are becoming more prevalent.
The F5 DDoS Protection Reference Architecture (Technical White Paper)F5 Networks
F5 Networks offers guidance to security and network architects in designing, deploying, and managing architecture to protect against increasingly sophisticated, application-layer DDoS attacks.
The F5 DDoS Protection Reference Architecture (Technical White Paper)
F5 Networks: The Right Way to Protect Against DDoS Attacks (Business White Pa...F5 Networks
CIOs want harmony. Security directors loathe point products. Network operations won’t buy into anything new. CIOs can get the harmony they need around DDoS mitigation by extending the F5 Application Delivery Controller into a hybrid solution: on-premises with a new cloud component.
F5 Networks: The Right Way to Protect Against DDoS Attacks (Business White Paper)
DNS: Challenges in a Changing Landscape (Infographic)F5 Networks
DNS: Challenges in a Changing Landscape. Infographic.
IDG Research Services surveyed DNS administrators from large organizations to understand the challenges of deploying an available, secure, high-performance DNS infrastructure.
The BIG-IP® 4200v hardware platform addresses organizations’ requirements to deliver more complex application services, increase web content security, and lower the cost of managing applications.
F5 keeps customers protected with new IP Intelligence service. F5's BIG-IP solutions now offer a cloud-based service to guard against malicious activity, emerging threats, and IP address-related attacks.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Imagine how much you’d use the internet if you had to remember dozens of number combinations to do anything. Developed in 1983, the Domain Name System or DNS translates the names people type into a browser into an IP address so the requested service can be found on the internet. It is one of the most important plumbing components for a functioning internet. So welcome to F5’s Intelligent DNS Scale story, I’m Peter Silva.
An intelligent and scalable DNS infrastructure improves performance of the web application, directs customers to the best performing data center, protects not only the web properties but also the brand reputation. It also reduces not only data center costs but also the administrator’s stress in dealing with DNS.
DNS is the foundation for the internet – akin to air and water for humans. We just expect it to be available, to always work and we really do not think about it until it doesn’t work…until it breaks….until we can’t resolve a website. DNS is critical for any human/internet interaction. Today, there are more demands than ever on DNS and it’s only going to get worse. With the upcoming Internet of Things or the Internet of Everything – where household items like your refrigerator, toaster, even toilet are connected – all of these will require a DNS entry and DNS will have many more things to resolve. BUT, When DNS breaks, everything breaks.
Today’s websites are more complex, requiring many more DNS queries. Every icon, URL, link, image, object and all embedded content on a web page requires a DNS lookup. Loading complex sites may require hundreds of DNS queries and even simple smartphone apps can require numerous DNS queries just to load. In the last five years, the volume of DNS queries on for .com and .net addresses has more than doubled, increasing to an average daily query load of 77 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012*. More than six million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2012. Future growth is expected to occur at an even faster pace. DNS scale becomes a critical issue when dealing with millions of service names and IP addresses. Also, You might not realize that DNS is the second most attacked protocol after http. Organizations such as twitter, nyt, network solutions and comcast all have had DNS attacks and outages over the last year.
Notes:
TLD numbers are for Verisign’s TLD servers. Traffic has doubled since 2008 (more now in 2013). Especially interesting since this is just for a TLD DNS service. This is the traffic that gets to a TLD after caching by ISPs!
Point to make about 4G/LTE rollout is that there’s little point to having faster data speeds if the DNS latency and throughput aren’t in place to allow the user to experience those new data rates.
On DDoS, especially for enterprises or ISPs that host, is that although you may not need ultra-high performance for “normal” DNS traffic loads, you will need it to absorb attacks. UDP, on which DNS is based, does not have identity. Spoofing is common. So mitigation techniques to identify real versus malicious actors actually consume more bandwidth than just answering the query. Of course, F5 performs copious checks on incoming DNS to qualify all requests and only responds to query types or responses that it is responsible for.
Today’s websites are more complex, requiring many more DNS queries. Every icon, URL, and all embedded content on a web page requires a DNS lookup. Loading complex sites may require hundreds of DNS queries and even simple smartphone apps can require numerous DNS queries just to load. In the last five years, the volume of DNS queries on for .com and .net addresses has more than doubled, increasing to an average daily query load of 77 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012*. More than six million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2012. Future growth is expected to occur at an even faster pace. DNS scale becomes a critical issue when dealing with millions of service names and IP addresses.
Notes:
TLD numbers are for Verisign’s TLD servers. Traffic has doubled since 2008 (more now in 2013). Especially interesting since this is just for a TLD DNS service. This is the traffic that gets to a TLD after caching by ISPs!
Point to make about 4G/LTE rollout is that there’s little point to having faster data speeds if the DNS latency and throughput aren’t in place to allow the user to experience those new data rates.
On DDoS, especially for enterprises or ISPs that host, is that although you may not need ultra-high performance for “normal” DNS traffic loads, you will need it to absorb attacks. UDP, on which DNS is based, does not have identity. Spoofing is common. So mitigation techniques to identify real versus malicious actors actually consume more bandwidth than just answering the query. Of course, F5 performs copious checks on incoming DNS to qualify all requests and only responds to query types or responses that it is responsible for.
There are many reasons why DNS requirements are growing. Over the last 5 years, there has been a 180% growth of active websites, 230% growth in active users, a 22% growth in software applications and 100% growth in DNS queries. Add to that, we are very impatient – 74% are willing to wait 5 seconds, nearly 60% of web users say they expect a website to load on their mobile phone in 3 seconds or less. 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, 3 mississippi – that’s it, on to the next site. Organizations are experiencing rapid growth in terms of applications and the volume of traffic accessing those applications.
DNS failures account for almost half - 41% of web infrastructure downtime. According to a survey by the Aberdeen Group, organizations lose an average of $138,000 for every hour their data centers are down*. There are real costs and loss involved when DNS does not respond. Downtime has an impact on visiting customers, can lead to loss of revenue and can also impact employees trying to access their corporate resources.
“Nearly 60% of web users say they expect a website to load on their mobile phone in 3 seconds or less and 74% are willing to wait 5 seconds or less for a single web page to load before leaving the site.”
– Compuware report,
“What Users Want from Mobile,” July 2011
Every 100ms delay costs Amazon 1% in sales.
– Greg Lindon, Amazon
DNS growth stats attached (100%+ growth in last 5yrs.) https://investor.verisign.com/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=591560
188M+ active websites (180%+ growth in last 5 yrs.) http://news.netcraft.com/
Active users = 230% Growth last 5 years. 566% growth in last 12 years. http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
http://slideshow.techworld.com/3363475/ipv6--why-we-need-new-internet-protocol/8/
Global software spending forecast from 2005 to 2015. Statista http://www.statista.com/statistics/203964/global-software-spending-forecast/
Software apps grew at 8.9% in 2011 and 7.7% in 2010. http://www.gartner.com/id=1969315
The Internet and its endless challenges keep growing. Over the last 5 years, there has been a 180% growth of active websites, 230% growth in active users, a 22% growth in software applications and 100% growth in DNS queries. Add to that, nearly 60% of web users say they expect a website to load on their mobile phone in 3 seconds or less. Organizations are experiencing rapid growth in terms of applications and the volume of traffic accessing those applications. And if customers can’t get to your content, they’ll go elsewhere because the next app is just a click away.
DNS failures account for 41% of web infrastructure downtime so organizations must keep their DNS available. According to a survey by the Aberdeen Group, organizations lose an average of $138,000 for every hour their data centers are down*. Downtime has an impact on visiting customers, can lead to loss of revenue and can also impact employees trying to access their corporate resources.
“Nearly 60% of web users say they expect a website to load on their mobile phone in 3 seconds or less and 74% are willing to wait 5 seconds or less for a single web page to load before leaving the site.”
– Compuware report,
“What Users Want from Mobile,” July 2011
Every 100ms delay costs Amazon 1% in sales.
– Greg Lindon, Amazon
DNS growth stats attached (100%+ growth in last 5yrs.) https://investor.verisign.com/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=591560
188M+ active websites (180%+ growth in last 5 yrs.) http://news.netcraft.com/
Active users = 230% Growth last 5 years. 566% growth in last 12 years. http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
http://slideshow.techworld.com/3363475/ipv6--why-we-need-new-internet-protocol/8/
Global software spending forecast from 2005 to 2015. Statista http://www.statista.com/statistics/203964/global-software-spending-forecast/
Software apps grew at 8.9% in 2011 and 7.7% in 2010. http://www.gartner.com/id=1969315
When a visitor requests a website, it first goes to their local DNS server – typically the dsl or cable modem at the edge of your home network. If your ISP knows where to find the website, maybe it’s cached, it’ll return the answer and tell the browser where to go. If not, then the query has to go back to the primary DNS server handling the record to then get the answer. That’s all fine and dandy and typically works well…until there is a serge in DNS traffic. It could be some media event, a rush of visitors or…it could be malicious activity.
Generally, organizations have a set of DNS servers, each one capable of handling up to 150,000 to 200,000 DNS queries per second. If traffic spikes due to normal operations or if an attacker is sending a lot of DNS query requests by nefarious means, it might be more than what the DNS servers can handle. The DNS server stops responding and sites are unavailable, unreachable, or completely offline. Currently, organizations must add costly DNS infrastructure to address spikes in DNS requests but are not really needed during normal business operations. In addition, DNS servers must also be patched frequently for newfound vulnerabilities. On top of all that, organizations might have firewalls to protect the DNS servers and those could become a bottleneck depending on the traffic spike.
Instead, put BIG-IP in that sweet spot.
The F5 Intelligent DNS Scale reference architecture is leaner, faster, and more secure on top of offering massive performance. BIG-IP can handle over 10 million query RPS; that’s 123 requests per day from every person on earth. Additionally, it offers unmatched DNS D/DoS protection and since BIG-IP is ICSA firewall certified, organizations can collapse multiple firewall tiers in the DMZ. Less equipment to purchase, manage and support. Plus, BIG-IP offers easy DNS management that integrates with your existing infrastructure. Error checking, auto population of protocols, and importation of zones help eliminate any downtime from DNS errors.
The customer benefits from an ultra-high performance solution which incorporates a firewall and DNS services. Unlike the conventional model, it does not suffer from firewall bottlenecks. The F5 solution scales, in a single box, to 20M query RPS. This results in much lower OpEx and CapEx while delivering much higher performance and protection.
About 80% of DNS deployments today are done with BIND. BIND is an open-source project maintained by Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) and the software is free. It still needs a server and operating system to run on, however, along with any maintenance, updates, rack space and so forth. ISC is a non-profit organization with a for-profit consulting arm called DNS-CO, which offers five levels of subscription that range from $10,000 to $100,000 annually.
Despite its popularity, BIND requires significant maintenance multiple times a year primarily due to vulnerabilities, patches, and upgrades, averaging about 9 patches a year. Many organizations do not keep current with patching thus their DNS systems could be vulnerable. What’s the risk to the business if DNS is not working? In addition, BIND typically scales to only 50,000 responses per second (RPS), making it vulnerable to both legitimate and malicious DNS surges.
You can see the cost savings both initially and ongoing for a very large enterprise. Even though BIND is free, there are certainly personnel, maintenance, datacenter, support, management and other costs that an organization can incur.
The F5 Intelligent DNS Scale reference architecture also helps keep your content and applications available by responding to DNS queries from the edge of the network in the DMZ, rather than from deep within your critical infrastructure. When you offload DNS responses to the BIG-IP platform, no request reaches the back end of your network, which greatly increases your ability to scale and respond to DNS surges along with protecting your DNS infrastructure. There is less risk to those back end applications and much higher performance.
Organizations can add DNSSEC to secure their domain name along with IP Intelligence to automatically block known malicious networks. Built in protocol validation also helps ensure proper DNS requests are made.
It’s not just public websites that need DNS, it’s also internal systems like exchange that need name resolution. DNS is required on a network in order to find basic services such as fileservers and clients and to identify assets by name.
By increasing the speed, availability, scalability, and security of your DNS infrastructure, the F5 Intelligent DNS Scale reference architecture ensures that your customers—and your employees—can access your critical web, application, and database services whenever they need them.
Instead of worrying about DNS outages and purchasing additional DNS infrastructure to combat surges, simply place BIG-IP in front of your primary DNS server. It’s a full DNS server and handles requests on behalf of your main DNS server.
The architecture of the F5 Intelligent and Scalable DNS services is optimized by the specifically designed DNS Express query response module. DNS Express manages authoritative DNS queries by transferring zones to its own RAM. The primary DNS server tells BIG-IP, ‘You are authoritative and you answer the query.’ In this architecture, F5 DNS Services only has to open the DNS query packet once, as long as the request is for an address that is in the zone that was transferred to DNS Express. Since it is served out of RAM, it is instantaneous. DNS Express simplifies a single processing instance of the DNS query to significantly improve the performance of an organization’s DNS infrastructure. With DNS Express, each individual core of each BIG-IP device can answer approximately 125,000 to 200,000 requests per second, scaling up to 10 million query RPS. This can be over 12X the capacity of what a typical primary DNS server can handle. This gives F5 customers a unique opportunity to scale dramatically to DNS query responses.
BIG-IP GTM is a full DNS server and handles requests on behalf of the main DNS server.
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Just under half of the internet (47 percent) remains insecure insofar as many top level domains (TLDs) have failed to sign up to use domain name system security extensions (DNSSEC), including intensive internet using countries such as Italy (.it), Spain (.es) and South Africa (.za), leaving millions of internet users open to malicious redirect to fake websites, reports Ultra Electronics AEP.
BIG-IP GTM can be configured as a full proxy for global load balancing applications and DNS across architectures—and across the globe. For greater flexibility, you can use BIG-IP GTM Virtual Edition (VE) to extend DNS services and global app availability to cloud or virtual environments and maintain centralized control within the data center.
Your revenue and your brand are protected
Use the same IP address for multiple devices
Geographically separate the DNS request load for all requests
Scale DNS infrastructure up and out per number of BIG-IP devices
DNS is the internet’s phonebook and essential for every web property on the internet. It helps people find your web presence. It helps websites deliver the content you want visitors to see. If DNS is slow, then you entire infrastructure is slow and your bounce rate jumps. If your website takes longer than 3 seconds to load, you are losing revenue. If your DNS is attacked, then your web presence is severely limited. If your DNS cannot scale, then you cannot accommodate additional visitors. If your DNS is compromised, then your brand suffers. If DNS doesn’t work, you lose revenue. If you have an antiquated DNS infrastructure, you’re spending too much money and putting the business at risk.
If people cannot find you, they will go somewhere else.
If your DNS is resilient, people will find you. If people can find you, they will engage. If they engage, your brand gets exposure. If your web properties respond quickly, people are more likely to stay. If people stay, business will grow.
F5 Intelligent and Scalable DNS Services can help protect your brand and grow your business.
F5 DNS Services are crucial
http://www.f5.com/about/news/press/2012/20120625b/