About this Whitepaper

Every business, regardless of size or industry segment, is at risk from Denial of service (DoS) attacks. Detecting these attacks is also much harder than in the past, as stealthy, low-bandwidth application layer variants focused on exhausting backend resources join the ever-familiar, high-volume attacks intended to flood network pipes or knock over critical network devices/services.

This white paper examines the current DoS landscape and discusses common approaches for dealing with the modern DoS threat. It explains how the Citrix NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) provides a robust yet highly affordable foundation for an organization's DoS defenses.