Infrastructure-level Approach to DDos Defense
Cs3, Inc., a company funded by the Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the California Technology Investment Partnership (CALTIP), believes that real solutions to DDoS must address fundamental problems with the Internet infrastructure that provide the platform for DDoS and other attacks. Cs3 advocates and has developed Path Enhanced Internet Protocol (PEIP) - an IP enhancement that plugs basic holes and vulnerabilities in the infrastructure by eliminating source forgery. With PEIP, a packet carries its own path information that is not controlled by the sender. The company's patent-pending MANAnetTM technologies place singular focus on ways to make the public infrastructure more secure and robust - not with site-level concerns such as virus protection, intrusion detection, and password policies. MANAnet enables routers to use the PEIP substrate to provide "fair service" based upon the true source of the packet, thereby thwarting DDoS attackers, and providing legitimate customers their fair share of network resources. With MANAnet's technologies, "cooperative neighborhoods" are used to provide enhanced collective security and reliability. The MANAnet Firewall helps sites to fine tune the defense to their specific requirements, and thereby plays an important role in the DDoS defense as well."
Under its MANAnet brand, Cs3 also has developed the Reverse FirewallTM, an outgoing, automated DDoS defense solution for Internet Service Providers, universities and other infrastructure owners, which defeats DoS attacks launched from within a network. Unlike a traditional firewall, which filters incoming traffic, the MANAnet Reverse Firewall limits the rates of unexpected outgoing packets from a vulnerable network, protecting both the outside and legitimate users of the network from DDoS attacks originating inside.
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About Cs3
Founded in 1991, incorporated in 1998, Cs3, Inc. is a pioneer in infrastructure-level DDoS security solutions, constructing the building blocks for a more secure and robust, mission-critical Internet. Privately held, Cs3 has been awarded development funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the California Technology Investment Partnership (CALTIP). For more information on Cs3 and its MANAnet DDoS Defense solution, please visit www.Cs3-inc.com. Company contact: Cs3, Inc., Ms. Deborah Taylor, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 1185, Los Angeles CA, 90045-5600. Phone: (310) 337-3013; Fax: (310) 337-3012.