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Shinichi_Kawai
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Jun 26, 2025

Inquiries about Advanced WAF DoS Protection

Hi All, The customer using the BIG-IP i2800 with v17.1 has some questions regarding the Advanced WAF "DoS Protection" feature. Hoping you can help me with a few things below:   1. What is the defi...
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Injeyan_Kostas
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Jun 27, 2025

Yes 1 Http request is 1 transaction 

Waf itself is handling only L7. BIG-IP though has also some LTM funcionaltites even when only Waf is provisioned which you can use like SYN cookie protection.

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Shinichi_Kawai
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Jun 28, 2025

Thanks Injeyan for the additional comment!
I will propose some effective LTM functionalities along with adding the Advanced WAF DoS Protection feature.
Since the customer has been experiencing DoS attacks about twice a month, they’re hoping to quickly implement protection using their existing BIG-IP i2800.