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XCCDF
A10 Networks ADC ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000120
SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000120
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000120
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The A10 Networks ADC must implement load balancing to limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Although maintaining high availability is normally an operational consideration, load balancing is also a useful strategy in mitigating network-based DoS attacks. If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Load balancing provides service redundancy which reduces the susceptibility of the enclave to many DoS attacks. Since one of the primary purposes of the Application Delivery Controller is to balance loads across multiple servers, it would be extremely unusual for it to not be configured to perform this function.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>