DDoS

DDoS mitigation architecture diagrams covering scrubbing center design, transit service integration, and F5 Distributed Cloud volumetric attack protection.

DDoS Mitigation Architecture

Multi-tier DDoS mitigation with network-layer scrubbing, application-layer inspection, and clean traffic delivery to origin.

architecture-beta
  group scrub(lucide:shield)[Scrubbing Center]
  group origin(carbon:cloud-services)[Origin DC]

  service edge(carbon:edge-node)[Edge Router] in scrub
  service filter(carbon:firewall)[Traffic Filter] in scrub
  service clean(carbon:load-balancer-global)[Clean Pipe] in scrub
  service lb(carbon:load-balancer-application)[Load Balancer] in origin
  service app(carbon:application)[Application] in origin
  service db(carbon:data-base)[Database] in origin

  edge:R --> L:filter
  filter:R --> L:clean
  clean:R --> L:lb
  lb:R --> L:app
  app:B --> T:db

F5 XC DDoS and Transit Services

F5 Distributed Cloud providing DDoS protection and transit services with integrated CDN and application security.

architecture-beta
  group xc(lucide:cloud)[F5 Distributed Cloud]
  group cloud(carbon:cloud-services)[Cloud Infrastructure]

  service ddos(f5xc:ddos-and-transit-services)[DDoS Protection] in xc
  service cdn(f5xc:content-delivery-network)[CDN] in xc
  service waap(f5xc:web-app-and-api-protection)[WAAP] in xc
  service lb(carbon:load-balancer-application)[Load Balancer] in cloud
  service app(carbon:application)[App Cluster] in cloud
  service db(carbon:data-base)[Database] in cloud

  ddos:R --> L:cdn
  cdn:R --> L:waap
  waap:R --> L:lb
  lb:R --> L:app
  app:B --> T:db

Volumetric Attack Flow

Attack traffic flow showing how volumetric DDoS attacks are absorbed and mitigated at the F5 XC edge before reaching origin infrastructure.

flowchart LR
  attacker@{ icon: 'lucide:bug', label: 'Attack Traffic' }
  legit@{ icon: 'lucide:user', label: 'Legitimate Users' }
  edge@{ icon: 'f5xc:ddos-and-transit-services', label: 'XC Edge' }
  scrub@{ icon: 'carbon:firewall', label: 'Scrubbing' }
  drop@{ icon: 'lucide:shield', label: 'Drop Malicious' }
  origin@{ icon: 'carbon:application', label: 'Origin' }

  attacker --> edge
  legit --> edge
  edge --> scrub
  scrub --> drop
  scrub --> origin