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Demonstration of Device DoS and Per-Service DoS protection

Dear Reader, This article is intended to show what effect the different threshold modes have on the Device and Per-Service (VS/PO) context. I will be using practical examples to demonstrate those ef...
Published Apr 08, 2020
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I´m a Security Solution Architect in EMEA, focused on Application and Network-Security. I act as a liaison between customers, the F5 sales team and the F5 product teams, providing a hands-on real-world perspective. Before I joined F5, I was a Security Consultant and active on HoneyNet research topics. I hold a diploma in Electrical Engineering. Beside my IT Security interests,I love driving on the Nuerburgring (Green Hell).
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Sven_Mueller
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Jan 26, 2023

Hi Maxi,
right the script does only show the auto-calculated values, not the manual thresholds.
Keep in mind the shown detection and mitigation values are per tmm and the stats_rate is an accumulates value.

Cheers, sVen