Tag: DDoS (distributed denial of service)

Defending Applications from Complex and Modern Attacks

July 6, 2021

Layer 7, DDoS (distributed denial of service), security, NGINX App Protect, NGINX App Protect DoS

Layer 7 DoS attacks are a new and increasingly common threat to app performance and security. You need protection that integrates easily into your infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, learns from observing user and app behavior, and doesn't affect performance even during an attack.

How NGINX App Protect Denial of Service Adapts to the Evolving Attack Landscape

Layer 7, DDoS (distributed denial of service), security, NGINX App Protect, NGINX App Protect DoS

We explain how NGINX App Protect Denial of Service (DoS) adapts its mitigation methods in real time to protect against Layer 7 DoS attacks. By creating a model of normal user behavior and server health, it can spot deviations that signal an attack and apply customized mitigation signatures.

NGINX App Protect Denial of Service Blocks Application-Level DoS Attacks

Layer 7, DDoS (distributed denial of service), security, NGINX App Protect, NGINX App Protect DoS

NGINX App Protect Denial of Service (DoS) protects your modern applications against sophisticated application-level (Layer 7) DoS attacks, including GET and POST flooding, Slowloris, Slow read, slow POST, Challenge Collapsar, NAT-disguised, and targeted SSL/TLS attacks.

Rate Limiting with NGINX and NGINX Plus

June 12, 2017

DDoS (distributed denial of service), rate limiting

Protect your applications from excessive traffic, including DDoS attacks, by controlling the requests they receive with NGINX rate limiting.

Announcing General Availability of the NGINX ModSecurity WAF for NGINX Plus

May 3, 2017

DDoS (distributed denial of service), security, ModSecurity web application firewall (WAF), WAF, application, OWASP CRS

The NGINX Plus with ModSecurity web application firewall (WAF) protects you from a broad range of security threats, including DDoS attacks, SQLi, and XSS.