Hi, I am interested in licensing the BGP service from F5. One thing I want to do know is: If I have a /24 and I experience an attack, will F5 be able to tell me which IP on my /24 faced an attack?

are you talking about the routing license on BIG-IP or the Silverline managed service?

BGP and attack vectors are mostly unrelated (other than BGP can present a network to the internet and thus exposing it to attack). There are many things F5 BigIP can detect and report on regarding layer 3 attacks. AFM and ASM provide some of those, as well as services like Silverline and IP Intelligence. The first 3 should be able to give you a report on the attacked IP, the last just blocks known bad actors before they attack anything.

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wrathpanda_2613

Nimbostratus

Apr 27, 2016

F5 BGP question

Hi, I am interested in licensing the BGP service from F5. One thing I want to do know is:

If I have a /24 and I experience an attack, will F5 be able to tell me which IP on my /24 faced an attack?

security

Silverline

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JRahm
Admin
Apr 27, 2016
are you talking about the routing license on BIG-IP or the Silverline managed service?
R_Marc
Nimbostratus
Apr 29, 2016
BGP and attack vectors are mostly unrelated (other than BGP can present a network to the internet and thus exposing it to attack).

There are many things F5 BigIP can detect and report on regarding layer 3 attacks. AFM and ASM provide some of those, as well as services like Silverline and IP Intelligence. The first 3 should be able to give you a report on the attacked IP, the last just blocks known bad actors before they attack anything.