Service Protection Classes
A “service protection class” is a group of settings you specify to protect your service against malicious attacks, such as Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). You can create a service protection class in the Service Protection Catalog, and configure settings such as:
- Lists of banned and trusted IP addresses. Connections from these IP addresses are never allowed and always allowed, respectively.
- Limits on the number of connections from one machine or a group of machines.
- A limit on the connection rate from any one IP address.
- Restrictions on HTTP requests, such as whether they should be strictly RFC2396-compliant.
You can apply a service protection class to a virtual server by clicking the Classes link on the appropriate Virtual Servers > Edit page. In the Service Protection section, select a class from the list and click Update.
Service protection is covered in detail in Service Protection.