Internet2 Network Security SIG

["Beadles, Mark A." <>]

Last year we did a vendor comparison for a limited portion of our network 
that included head-to-head testing between Radware and Arbor. BUT we had a 
short time frame so we weren't able to formally test the actual traffic 
cleaning effectiveness or error rates.  Neither Arbor nor Radware were 
particularly keen to share their false-positive rate with us, and we did 
repeatedly ask for those figures. In the end the selection was done on purely 
economic terms.

Arbor was selected for that network, and our clients who are using Arbor 
scrubbing are reporting that it works without having to tailor the 
mitigations. Another BUT, this is based on a very small number of cloud 
mitigations so there may be no significance. 




Mark Beadles
Chief Information Security Officer 
OARnet 




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Subject: [Security-WG] DDOS Mitigation

Has anyone evaluated the effectiveness of Arbor TMS VS. Radware DefensePro 
for DDOS mitigation, the actual cleaning of the traffic?
I'd be especially interested in experience regarding false positives, 
dropping good traffic? The effectiveness of auto-mittigation, do you have to 
tailor the mitigations to individual attacks, or does the attack traffic get 
cleaned without much human intervention?

Anyone tested or using either product want to comment?

Radware has an out of line diversion model working now.  We are currently 
testing both products and planning to implement Peakflow for flow analysis 
and DDOS detection, and are deciding between TMS and DefensePro for 40G of 
mitigation, the cleaning of the traffic.

Has anyone evaluated other products for flow analysis and DDOS detection or 
DDOS mitigation and traffic cleaning portions.

Thanks

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