Manual Chapter : Managing Device DoS Configurations in Shared Security

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

  • 5.2.0
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About device DoS configurations

You use the Device DoS Configurations screen to manage the device DoS configuration on the BIG-IP® devices.

To review or edit a device DoS configuration, click the name of the BIG-IP device.

Edit device DoS configurations

You can view and edit device DoS configuration properties using the Device DoS Configuration Properties screen.

  1. Click Configuration > SECURITY > Shared Security > Device DoS Configurations .
  2. In the Device DoS Configurations screen, click the name of the device configuration to view or edit.
  3. From the Log Publisher list, select whether to use a log publisher, and if so, which one. Select None to use no log publisher
  4. Below the Log Publisher list, there might be a threshold field, depending on the version of BIG-IP device you are managing.
    • If you are managing a BIG-IP device version earlier than v 12.1, there is no threshold field.
    • If you are managing a BIG-IP device version 12.1.x, you can use the Auto Threshold Sensitivity field to select a sensitivity value between 1 - 100.
    • If you are managing a BIG-IP device version 13.0.x or later, you can use the Threshold Sensitivity field to select the sensitivity: Low, Medium, or High.
  5. In the Category area, click the triangle to the left of a category to expand the category, and view or modify attack types within the category.
  6. In the Attack Type list, click the name of an attack type to modify its properties. Note that some properties are read-only.
  7. When you are finished modifying an attack type, click OK to save your changes to that attack type.
  8. When you are finished modifying all attack types for the BIG-IP device, save your changes.
The changes to the device DoS configuration are saved.