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HTTP Request Throttle version 10.1 and above

Problem this snippet solves: I tested the CMP friendly version from Kirk Bauer click here and found out that it counts the number of Requests per TCP connection, but when from the same source openes...
Published Mar 18, 2015
Version 1.0
application delivery
content manipulation
devops
iRules
LTM
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luigi_bros
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Sep 23, 2020

Hello,

 

If I can have one question.

 

Let's start that we have the "TCP-Based Detection" defined in the DOS-Profile properties where threshold are defined by the Source-IP and/or Device-IP.

The blocking mode blocks the requests when an attack has been detected according to the threshold values configured.

 

Now, what is then the difference between this irule and the policy "TCP-Based Detection" defined in the DOS-Profile properties?

 

Thanks a lot for this explanation.

Luigi