An application layer gateway is a type of security device that acts on behalf of the application servers on a network, hiding the servers themselves from traffic that might be malicious.

Application layer security refers to ways of protecting web applications at the application layer (layer 7 of the OSI model) from malicious attacks.

Application traffic management refers to the methodology that F5 pioneered for intercepting, inspecting, translating, and directing Web traffic to the optimum resource based on specific business policies. It allows network administrators to apply availability, scalability, security, and performance standards to any IP-based application, significantly increasing overall network application performance.

Advanced compression increases application performance across a network. In contrast to packet-based compression, advanced compression operates at the session layer (layer 5 of the seven-layer OSI model), compressing homogenous data sets while addressing all application types. This approach generates higher system throughput and minimizes latency.

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) is a programmatic technique that utilizes JavaScript and the XMLHTTPRequest object to exchange data between a web browser and a web server.

Anti-phishing tools monitor application traffic for attempts at harvesting private information through seemingly trusted authorities. Without anti-phishing technology, users are vulnerable to misleading identity-theft campaigns disguised in e-mail addresses and Web domains.

Application acceleration uses a number of technologies to improve application performance and response time over network connections.

An application accelerator enables faster delivery of application services within a network. As more and more companies do business using Web applications, reliable and seamless Web speed and functionality has become critical.

An application delivery controller is a device that is typically placed in a data center between the firewall and one or more application servers (an area known as the DMZ). First-generation application delivery controllers primarily performed application acceleration and handled load balancing between servers.

ActiveX is a technology developed by Microsoft for improving interactive control and executing Windows applications over the Web. It is similar in some ways to Java. ActiveX is based on Microsoft’s OLE and COM technologies, and ActiveX components can be written in many different programming languages. ActiveX components are often embedded in Web pages, to […]