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Arbor Networks Offers Enterprise Data Center Appliances To Counter Application-Based DDoS: Page 2 of 3

Arbor joins an inline appliance anti-DDoS market that includes companies such as Top Layer, IntruGuard and RioRey. Suby also noted that TippingPoint offers anti-DDoS capabilities in its IPS line. And F5 has built anti-DDoS capabilities into its application-delivery platform.

Global threat research is a key for Arbor, says Rakesh Shah, director of product marketing and strategy. Arbor has a number of global honeypot or sensor networks, which feed information to its ACERT research team.

"We are constantly detecting new DDoS malware families," he said. "The research goes into the ATLAS Intelligence Feed, which is unique to Pravail since it is actually inspecting the packets." The Intelligence Feed automates identification of botnet-borne attacks and automatically delivers threat updates, including geolocation data.

Arbor also unveiled its cloud-signaling technology, a protocol that enables Pravail to automatically send a signal from the data center to its ISP--assuming the provider is using Arbor's Peakflow network-based appliances. Shah said this cuts the lag time that's typical when an enterprise comes under attack and contacts its provider to mitigate.

The market for inline anti-DDoS appliances such as Pravail will largely be centered on gambling and gaming sites, which are subject to relatively frequent attacks, Suby says. These companies are often subject to extortion demands, either after an attack or threatening one. Some online gambling and gaming companies have been known to launch attacks to disrupt competitors. High-volume financial services and retail companies would be other possible customers, but, generally, anti-DDoS products or services come under the heading of insurance-type purchases.