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May 20, 2002
KIWI SOFTWARE FEATURES IN INTERNATIONAL MILITARY DEMONSTRATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
For several years the New Zealand Defence Force
has participated in an international military Command and Control technology
demonstration known as the Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID).
The JWID series is hosted by the US Joint Staff and includes Canada, the United
Kingdom, Australia and NATO. The aim of JWID is to demonstrate emerging technologies,
from any source, that have application to Command and Control systems both
within and between the contributing nations. One of the key features of JWID
is the effort devoted to ensuring interoperability, so that coalitions such
as that formed in East Timor can function effectively and safely.
New Zealand developed software NetDeFlect, specifically
designed by Esphion (formerly JSD) to block Distributed Denial of Service
(DDOS) attacks, will be among the technologies demonstrated.
The culmination of this year's programme is an
international demonstration over the period May 14 - 25, 2002. Using a fictional
scenario to facilitate the demonstration, all contributing nations will participate
in real-time to demonstrate information sharing over a wide area network.
The main NZDF contribution will be a JWID Joint Force Headquarters site at
Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand in Upper Hutt and a virtual frigate
will also be established at this site. The Defence Computer Services Bureau
at Porirua will play a significant part, and notional Intermediate Staging
Bases will be set up at Auckland, Ohakea and Christchurch and Burnham. Navy,
Army and Air Force will all participate.
While the bulk of the JWID execution period will
be during night hours, a day-time demonstration and briefing period has been
arranged for VIPs, media and industry representatives at Trentham during the
morning of Wednesday May 22, 2002.
For further information please
contact Wing Commander John Seward, HQ NZDF Press Officer, Ph: (04) 4960299
The solution
The web hosting company installed netDeFlect, Esphion’s patented
network security solution. A single, standalone netDeFlect agent was
deployed, connecting to the company’s two data centres to provide
the new layer of DDoS protection.
To provide early warning of any build-up in traffic, the agent’s
sensor is connected to a series of Layer 3 switches located upstream
of the company’s border routers, as close to the boundary with
its ISP as possible.
At the first detection of a possible DDoS attack, netDeFlect produces a fine-grained attack signature which is applied in the form of an access control list (ACL) to the Layer 3 switches. This is then used to block all traffic originating from the source of the DDoS attack (regardless of whether the addresses are spoofed) before it reaches any critical network infrastructure.
The immediacy offered by netDeFlect has helped to dramatically reduce the average resolution time for a network attack to just five minutes. Perhaps more importantly, by adding this proactive layer of defense the web hosting company has been able to improve service and ensure a greater ability to maintain service levels for its customers, regardless of network anomalies.
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Esphion is there to detect anomalous
behavior in your unique network environment - we don't care whether
it is an attack that has a name and a signature or not - if it
is determined to have the potential to disrupt your network we
will provide you a solution to block it before it does. Think
of us as a highly intelligent virtual network and security engineer
watching network links 24x7x365.
Mark Edwards, CEO, Esphion |
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