Heavy Networking 479: Scaling Up Your DDoS Protection With Juniper Networks And Corero (Sponsored)

Summary: DDoS is a significant problem. The volume of DDoS traffic is increasing by leaps and bounds, enabled in part by botnets of compromised hosts such as IoT devices.<br> On today’s sponsored Heavy Networking, we talk with <a href="https://www.juniper.net/us/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Juniper Networks</a> and <a href="https://www.corero.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Corero</a> about how they’ve partnered on a unique solution to thwart DDoS attacks at the network edge.<br> The solution encompasses Juniper’s MX routers and Corero’s SmartWall Threat Defense Director (TDD). Juniper and Corero’s solution can be used by service providers, enterprises, and in the cloud.<br> Our guests are Ashley Stephenson, CEO of Corero; and Mark Denny, Product Manager, Senior Staff at Juniper Networks.<br> We discuss:<br> <br> * The growing frequency and sophistication of DDoS attacks<br> * The integration between MX routers and Corero’s SmartWall TDD<br> * How Junos and Corero coordinate on attack detection and response<br> * Leveraging the MX router’s ASIC<br> * How the solution filters malicious traffic from legitimate packets<br> * The benefits of DDoS mitigation at the network edge<br> * More<br> <br> Show Links:<br> <a href="https://www.juniper.net/us/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Juniper Networks</a><br> <a href="https://www.corero.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Corero</a><br> <a href="https://www.juniper.net/assets/us/en/local/pdf/solutionbriefs/3510657-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Juniper Networks And Corero: A Modern Approach To DDoS Protection At Scale</a> – Juniper Networks (PDF)<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll4FxbIdoeE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Juniper MX and Corero SmartWall Demo</a> – YouTube<br>