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DDoS Protection Resources White Papers, Case Studies & Technical Guides
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White Papers, Briefs & Guides
Carpet Bombing: Is Carpet Bombing a New Attack Methodology?
Carpet bombing spreads a conventional volumetric flood across every address in a prefix instead of concentrating it on one host. It is not a new attack class, but rather a new variation on how existing floods are implemented. This paper discusses how carpet bombing works, and what network operators can do to protect against this increasingly common attack.
Read the Technical Brief
DDoS Protection as a Service: How to Use rWeb as a Fully Branded Client Portal
rWeb 10.0 adds full CSS-based theming, enabling operators to turn DDoS protection into a fully branded client-facing service. Align with your existing platforms and deploy in minutes.
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White-paper Discussion: Limitations and Use Cases for Using BGP Flowspec to Protect Against DDoS Attacks
While BGP Flowspec provides useful capabilities for redirecting and mitigating some forms of DDoS attacks, its limitations make it unsuitable as a standalone solution for comprehensive DDoS protection.
Read the Full DiscussionrWeb: Multi-Tenant DDoS Management Platform
An overview of rWeb covering its multi-tenant architecture, per-client traffic visibility, reporting capabilities, and how operators use it to manage DDoS protection across many customers from a single interface.
Read the rWeb Product Brief
RioRey Backgrounder
Explains why purpose-built, always-on DDoS filtering outperforms general-purpose security platforms. Covers RioRey's detection methodology, hardware architecture, and the core philosophy behind the RIOS filtering engine.
Read the RioRey Backgrounder (PDF)RioRey Taxonomy of DDoS Attack Variations
A comprehensive classification of every known DDoS attack variant, organized by the underlying methodology. Covers TCP floods, application attacks, amplification, fragmentation, and more. Available as an interactive reference or downloadable PDF.
Creating a Private Scrubbing Center
Architectural guidance for building a cost-effective off-ramp scrubbing center covering BGP-based traffic redirection, physical topology, hardware sizing, and how to reintegrate clean traffic back into your network.
Read the Scrubbing Center White PaperDefending Against VoIP Attacks
An analysis of how VoIP-targeted DDoS attacks have evolved over the years, covering signaling floods, media floods, and strategies for protecting VoIP infrastructure.
Download the VoIP Attack Analysis PDFCase Studies
Case Study: Iskon, Croatia's Largest Telco
How Croatia's largest telecommunications provider concluded that home-grown DDoS countermeasures couldn't scale, and what led them to deploy a dedicated, automatic mitigation solution, including what changed operationally after the switch.
Read the Iskon Case StudyCase Study: Regional Telcos
How regional telecommunications providers use RioRey to protect subscriber quality of service under DDoS conditions, without adding headcount or increasing the burden on network operations staff.
Read the Regional Telco Case StudyCase Study: FilmOn, Same-Day Deployment Under Active Attack
"The RioRey appliance is as plug-and-play as you can get. . . . These guys jumped right into the fire and put it out. Just hours after turning up their box, we pulled off a seamless live event for thousands of interactive viewers. No interruptions."
Alki David, Digital Media Entrepreneur & CEO of FilmOn.comSoftware Portal
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