DoS Protection

DoS Protection Protect your network against artificial traffic floods.

Internet connections are easily found and used maliciously by the most basic malware. With the abundance of easy targets, attackers can quickly gain access to a large-capacity Internet connections which they then use to confuse and overwhelm the resources of your company. Astaro’s Denial of Service (DoS) prevention keeps your resources safe and undamaged during these attacks.

Description & Screenshots

A business using Astaro’s protection can keep this damaging stream from impacting them directly and causing damage to their machines. Resources such as Web and Mail Servers are frequent targets of attacks that want to cripple them by sending many requests or large amounts of data which “Deny” them the ability to serve up other requests to valid users.

This type of Denial of Service (DoS) attack can bring down a server, even damaging it in the process, while making the Internet unavailable to employees trying to work. Our product can keep your resources safe from these situations. We have tools to limit the rates at which your servers are asked to respond to requests, providing protection you might have to otherwise spend a lot more money on to acquire.

Technical Information

Astaro’s Denial of Service (DoS) Protection offers flexible means for protecting network resources against many types of flooding and port-scan attacks:

DoS and DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) / Flooding Protection
- TCP SYN Flood Protection
- UDP Flood Protection
- ICMP Flood Protection
- Based on Source and/or Destination IP Address
- Adjustable maximum allowed packet rates
- Adjustable logging level
Port-Scan Protection
- Log, drop or reject detected port scan traffic
- Adjustable logging level

Available Platforms
	Astaro Security Gateway Hardware Appliances Our hardware appliances are purpose built, high-performance security devices. They integrate Astaro's security applications with a hardened Operating System on optimized Intel-compatible server systems that cater to every business size. This section details the series of Astaro Security Gateway hardware models available. Learn More..
	Astaro Security Gateway Software Appliance Our software appliances include the operating system and all security applications bundled within a single software image. While offering the same capabilities as the hardware platform, they can be easily installed on your hardware of choice - maximizing deployment flexibility. The Astaro Security Gateway software appliances are much easier and faster to set-up than software applications that require the installation of an operating system in advance.This section details the security applications available, technical information and deployment scenarios. Learn More..
	Astaro Security Gateway Virtual Appliance for VMware Our virtual appliances include a software appliance which has already been pre-installed and pre-configured for VMware environments. Being the first unified threat management product that has been certified as “VMware Ready”, it allows for the secure and easy deployment of an "all-in-one" security solution within a virtual environment. This section details the security applications available, technical information and deployment scenarios. Learn More..