Q. Will Cisco ASA 5510 Dedicated Firewall provide uninterrupted services in case of DDoS (Denial of Service) attacks?

Ans: A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. DoS and DDoS attacks are now a common threat to businesses on the Internet. DDoS attacks freeze or crash the dedicated server services or resource, or jam-pack the server bandwidth and make it impossible for a genuine user to access that website or web server. Cisco ASA 5510 can filter DDoS upto 10 Mbps only. There’s no hardware firewall available in market that can handle anything more than 100 Mbps. If the DDoS volume goes above 100 Mbps then no firewall anywhere in the world can protect your dedicated web hosting server. Only solution for high volume DDoS is “Proxy Shield”. We are affiliated with a US based anti-DDoS service provider and they have various plans to handle DDoS of upto 10 Gbps.

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Hardware Firewall:
1. Cisco ASA 5510 Shared Firewall – £ 25 per month
2. Cisco ASA 5510 Dedicated Firewall – £ 199 per month + £199 Setup Fee (one time)