F5 BIG-IP DNS vs. Check Point Quantum DDoS Protector

It's well suited. Like I said, it provides us, it provides the clients and the business environments throughout an Internal Revenue Service. The network visibility needed for them to provide their application and the use of their applications throughout the Internal Revenue Service and the enterprise, as far as IRS.

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This Check Point DDoS Protector software is ideal to guarantee the protection of companies in the presence of DDoS attacks, regardless of whether they are known or unknown, it has an immediate detection and response to the presence of them, so it has the ability to stop attacks before they cause damage to the business infrastructure. Also even under attack provides high network performance and legitimate traffic, which is why it is ideal for mitigating threats at the network level as well as applications.

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• The easy of importing DNS records into the BIG-IP
• The ease of searching and locating records
• The speed of creating multiple records when you need to duplicate effort.
• The DNS dashboards to see requests and data points.

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• Most accurate DDoS Attack detection
• Network Behavioral Analysis
• Intrusion Prevention
• SSL-attack protection

• I'd like to see better reporting capabilities on the decision-making process for DNS resolutions. Currently there are plenty of log messages for that, but I'd like to see tighter integration into the GUI.
• It could be an improvement to better discriminate features intended for AA vs LDNS functionality within the GUI.

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• Sometimes it takes time to update device software.
• It offers scalable payment licenses, however it is important to have a good knowledge of how to handle this type of device.
• It does not allow the handling of several IP addresses, in addition it lacks a black and white list of data.
• Its configuration can be complex for a first time user, so it is important to have adequate knowledge for the proper functioning of the devices.

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We use this heavily and it is one of the best products out there for this type of use case. We already have LTMs and to leverage GTM on top of that is just a piece of cake. Everything is so well integrated its amazing

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I think the interface that you guys have, it is pretty user friendly. I personally find it easy to work with.

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As I mentioned, the GSLB capability, being able to do intelligent DNS by having access to monitor specific endpoints associated to my current BIG-IP infrastructure, I believe that brings a huge value, then combine fast responses and security.

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As the existing environment is mainly equipped with Checkpoint products and since the product has all leading features, we moved with Checkpoint DDoS protector.

• Protection against security threats using DNS as a vector.
• Protection against security threats targeting DNS itself.
• Provide top user experience to application clients, by directing their requests to where they will be treated with the best performance.

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• It helps us to effectively minimize the presence of attacks in the environment of our organization.
• It allows us to maintain the continuity of legitimate traffic.
• It allows us to keep a really low level of false positives.
• It allows us a great saving of time and money due to the fact that it automatically blocks unusual behaviors.

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