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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000126
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing signatures when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing signatures when providing content filtering to virtual servers. An XCCDF Rule
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing signatures when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
High Severity
<VulnDiscussion> If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users.
Installation of content filtering gateways and application layer firewalls at key boundaries in the architecture mitigates the risk of DoS attacks. These attacks can be detected by matching observed communications traffic with patterns of known attacks and monitoring for anomalies in traffic volume, type, or protocol usage.
Detection components that use signatures can detect known attacks by using known attack signatures. Signatures are usually obtained from and updated by the ALG component vendor.
This requirement applies to the communications traffic functionality of the ALG as it pertains to handling communications traffic rather than to the ALG device itself.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>