GigaFin Networks Adds Next Generation Denial-of-Service Protection to Network Analysis and Remediation Solutions
Posted on: Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 12:00 CDT
CUPERTINO, Calif., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaFin Networks today announced enhanced Denial of Service (DoS) prevention capabilities for its network traffic analysis and remediation solutions. With the introduction of new software for the family of SlimLine and FlowLine appliances, which already support a wide range of anti-DoS prevention, GigaFin adds deep and innovative protection against bandwidth, protocol and logic-based DoS attacks.
DoS attacks result in serious losses for online gaming and Internet services providers, where attacks occur on a daily basis, impacting operating costs, revenues, customer service and bottom line. Recent DoS attacks in South Korea on financial institutions and online gaming companies have caused significant customer service issues resulting in immediate financial loss and long-term impact on the victim companies' reputations. The principal types of DoS attacks tend to be TCP SYN, UDP and ICMP flooding, which consume bandwidth and server resources. Defending against these attacks has been expensive and complex due to the need to support Gigabit throughput and also distinguish between legitimate and malicious traffic.
Based on a purpose-built deep inspection processor for identifying and remediating malicious traffic, GigaFin appliances offer anti-DoS capabilities at a fraction of the cost of existing solutions. In recent months, GigaFin's high speed appliances have been deployed at service providers in the United States and South Korea to maintain service availability and increase revenues by preventing disruptions due to SYN and UDP floods.
"Many customers are struggling with the cost of existing DoS mitigation solutions to fit within their high speed server farms. Without any protection, every minute that an organization's website is inaccessible results in disruptions for their customer base and damage to their commercial reputation," commented William Thomas, Chief Executive Officer at GigaFin Networks. "In response to customer demand for more cost-effective anti-DoS solutions, we have added new capabilities to our network analysis and remediation appliances. Also, due to the evolving nature of DoS attacks, we continue to work closely with our customer base in order to develop timely solutions to new attack vectors."
New features for DoS mitigation include the ability to protect legitimate users' access to the network by adding a new SYN-cookie mechanism to its SYN-proxy mitigation technique. GigaFin has also added a variety of ICMP detection, tracking and blocking techniques that counter UDP, ICMP echo and reply, and LAND attacks. The added benefit of being the most-cost effective solution gives network administrators a solution to deploy transparently in front of individual servers, server farms, switches, routers and other existing infrastructure. Further information about GigaFin's anti-DoS capabilities is available at http://www.gigafin.com/.
GigaFin appliances allow network administrators to see through complex layers of traffic, identify and prioritize data running over the network, and protect against undesirable network use from internal or external sources. Visit GigaFin Networks in booth #2643 at the RSA conference in San Francisco, from April 7-11.
About GigaFin Networks
GigaFin Networks enables organizations of all sizes to keep their networks running at peak efficiency by providing instant insight and control over traffic within the LAN. GigaFin's affordable, high-speed appliances enable users to maximize the value of their networks without performance degradation or infrastructure changes. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, GigaFin was founded in December 2002 and has received funding from leading VC firms Sevin Rosen Funds, Worldview Technology Partners and Incubic Venture Capital. Further information on the company can be found at http://www.gigafin.com/.
Contacts: Mervyn Alamgir Mary McEvoy GigaFin Networks Sand Hill Communications alamgir@gigafin.com mary@sandhillcomms.com 408 200 5276 408 691 4283
GigaFin Networks
CONTACT: Mervyn Alamgir of GigaFin Networks, +1-408-200-5276,alamgir@gigafin.com; or Mary McEvoy of Sand Hill Communications,+1-408-691-4283, mary@sandhillcomms.com, for GigaFin Networks
Web site: http://www.gigafin.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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