AFM DoS-vector & profile explainer
Every AFM DoS vector explained in F5's own words, with the threshold mechanics spelled out and the configuration cross-checked: the silent mitigation-below-detection inversion, automatic-mode semantics, policing without detection, and the SYN-cookie interplay. Defensive configuration only.
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API endpointGEThttps://ronutz.com/api/v1/f5-dos-vector-explainerDocumented, not served. Opens the specification.
References
- F5 TMSH Reference: security dos device-config (the vector-types table with per-vector descriptions and db tunables; the threshold parameter semantics; floor/ceiling; simulate scoping)
- F5 TMSH Reference: security dos profile (per-profile vector attributes: rate-threshold, rate-increase, rate-limit, state, per-source and per-destination controls, scrubbing defaults)
- F5 DDoS training labs: auto-thresholding behavior (detection thresholds adjust to observed traffic; mitigation limits are always stress-driven; anomalies without stress alert but do not block)
- F5 DevCentral: SYN Cookie Troubleshooting - Logs (AFM Device DoS precedence over the LTM global SYN cookie; the mitigation-below-detection warning and its silent-drop consequence)