Caching is the local storage of network data for re-use, to cut down on transfer time for future requests. With Web pages, static caching simply serves objects — typically images, JavaScript, stylesheets — as long as they haven’t passed their expiration date. But static caching can generally only be used for about 30 percent of […]

A content delivery network (CDN) is an infrastructure that helps organizations deliver static Web content, rich digital media, and everything in between, to employees, vendors, partners, and customers worldwide, in the fastest amount of time at the lowest possible cost.

CIFS (common Internet file system) is a protocol that lets programs make requests for files and services on remote computers across the Internet. Developed by Microsoft®, CIFS is a public or open variation of the older SMB protocol. It uses the client/server programming model.

Clientless remote access is remote network access obtained without the installation of software on a user’s device.

One of the oldest and most common type of DDoS attack, a connection flood, is also known as a “TCP connection flood” since it attempts to occupy all possible TCP connections on a server. By flooding the server with requests for new connections, it prevents legitimate requests from being established and served.

Cookie poisoning is the term applied when attackers manipulate or “poison” an otherwise valid cookie sent back to a server. The altered or “hacked” cookie can be used to bypass user security mechanisms on the server and glean personal information for such purposes as identity or trade theft.

Asymmetric deployment refers to a configuration where a device is placed in a single location, usually the data center. With a symmetric configuration, devices are placed at both ends of the WAN, for example at the data center (the central location) and at one or more remote locations. Asymmetric deployment offers the best return on […]

Bandwidth is a measure of the data capacity of a network connection, representing how quickly data can be sent from one point to another. Despite being cheap and often plentiful, additional bandwidth delivers diminishing returns as a solution to network and application performance problems. The optimization of data and the use of technologies such as WAN […]

Bot management is the practice of knowing how bots impact your business and understanding their intent, so you can respond appropriately to all incoming bot activity. Not all bots are “bad”, after all. The “good” bots are the ones we rely on—for example, search bots that help customers find what you’re looking for on the […]

TL;DR: Half of all internet traffic comes from bots, both good and bad. It’s important to manage bot traffic.