Cisco Cisco Firepower 4110 Security Appliance
Chapter 1
– Introduction
This guide describes Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation version 8.10 and how to use it.
Note:
This guide may use the short term DefensePro to refer to the Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation
product.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, the procedures described in this guide are performed using APSolute
Unless specifically stated otherwise, the procedures described in this guide are performed using APSolute
Vision™
version 3.60.
This chapter introduces Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation and provides a general explanation of its main
features and modules.
This chapter contains the following sections:
This chapter contains the following sections:
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Radware DefenseProDDoS Mitigation—
Overview
Radware Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation DDoS Mitigation
is a service that provides distributed denial-of-
service (DDoS) detection and mitigation capabilities on Cisco Firepower platforms. The Firepower platform is
Cisco’s
new approach for delivering security services. The Firepower platform can host several applications, for
example, a DDoS protector, an intrusion prevention system (IPS), and a firewall. Applications or services can be
chained to enable applications to serve other security- platform applications and end customers. The Firepower
platform can be deployed in various deployment scenarios to support different customer use cases.
The Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation for Cisco Firepower service can run on up to three compute blades.
Each compute blade hosts the following components:
The Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation for Cisco Firepower service can run on up to three compute blades.
Each compute blade hosts the following components:
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An instance of the Firepower software infrastructure
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Contains a Linux-based operating environment
with a set of generic services, for example, logging, software image management, and so on, which is
accessible through various APIs.
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One or more security applications on top of the infrastructure
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These applications can be provided either
by Cisco or a third party. Radware’s Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation for Cisco Firepower is one such
third-party application. Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation for Cisco Firepower runs on a KVM-based
virtual machine. Multiple services (for example, DefensePro for Cisco Firepower, an IPS, and a firewall) can co-
exist on a blade. The services can be chained. For example, the Radware DefensePro DDoS Mitigation for
Cisco Firepower can be first in line-and protect customers and other applications from denial-of-service
attacks.
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