DDoS Protection for Networks: Combatting Local Preference from ISPs
One of the most common issues we have seen when onboarding customers to our DDoS Protection for Networks service is when a customer’s ISP implements a high local preference. This prevents the Internet from recognizing that Imperva is the best path. Local Preference Local preference is one of the highest ... Read More
DDoS Protection for Networks: Divert Traffic Using More Specific Routin
In our previous blog post, we talked about AS (autonomous system) prepending, but sometimes a customer might have restrictions that would not allow them to use AS prepending. If the customer owned more than a less specific prefix, for example /23 prefix, they could advertise a more specific route towards ... Read More
DDoS Protection for Networks: Utilizing AS Prepending to Route Traffic Through Imperva
In order for Imperva to protect customers’ traffic using DDoS Protection for Networks, the Internet must select Imperva as the best path. So what does this mean? Does Imperva automatically take over the customer’s prefix and control the routing of the Internet? Well…not exactly. Internet Routing Let’s take some time ... Read More
