Application layer protection has improved traffic control and supports my initial security testing
What is our primary use case?
I have been using F5 Rules for AWS WAF for a short time and want to discover more about it.
My main use case with F5 Rules for AWS WAF is testing it out.
I don't have a quick specific example of what I'm testing at this moment.
For now, I don't have anything else to add about my testing experience so far.
What is most valuable?
The best features F5 Rules for AWS WAF offers, from what I've seen or read so far, are application layer protection.
I am referring to application layer protection with F5 Rules for AWS WAF, which stands out to me as using something similar to iRules to protect applications.
F5 Rules for AWS WAF has positively impacted our organization for security through the implementation of traffic rules in our application.
I have noticed specific benefits such as easy management with F5 Rules for AWS WAF, but I think that it's too early to provide a definitive assessment because I started using it only a few days ago.
What needs improvement?
I don't know how F5 Rules for AWS WAF can be improved because I have only been using it for a few days.
I don't have anything to add about the needed improvements for F5 Rules for AWS WAF at this time.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in my current field for about two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
F5 Rules for AWS WAF is stable in my experience so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
From what I've seen, F5 Rules for AWS WAF's scalability is stable for now.
How are customer service and support?
I have not had any experience with customer support for F5 Rules for AWS WAF yet.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution.
How was the initial setup?
I had a great experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What about the implementation team?
My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
What was our ROI?
It's too early to talk about a return on investment with F5 Rules for AWS WAF.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I had a great experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not evaluate other options before choosing F5 Rules for AWS WAF as it was my first time.
What other advice do I have?
It's too early to provide my experience or advice to others looking into using F5 Rules for AWS WAF.
I don't have any additional thoughts about F5 Rules for AWS WAF before we wrap up.
I found this interview at AWS re:Invent.
I gave this review a rating of 8.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
F5 AFM is powerful and advanced software based firewall
What do you like best about the product?
F5 advanced firewall is software based firewall solution to provide network security. It can provide real-time visibility in to network traffic and can block traffic real-time. It also has intrusion prevention which is advanced security feature. It can be deployed in a wide range of network environment.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is premium product but still having some performance related issues. Overall its a powerful device with great features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It provides the advanced network security in large networks. Better GUI interface for quick setup and configuration. Really advanced firewall in industry.
F5
What do you like best about the product?
I like that if handles firewall, active directory, logging controls, SSH, DDos
What do you dislike about the product?
They might not be flexible especially then we're talking about corner cases. We had very special problem to fix with them once. They came to our place, told us that the problem is peace of cake. Two years later the problem is till there
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're small government agency. F5 helps us to keep our team small
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's a no brainier for agencies and firms that take security seriously. You don't have to do a thing since F5 will handle it for you.
A power application to manage network, firewall
What do you like best about the product?
There are a lot of function which meet my expectation, like setup fire wall, do a load balancing, easy to config redirect website...
What do you dislike about the product?
The price is little higher. At this time I don't have any.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have a big webserver, dxt system, to managed it separately is very consume time so this tool help us to centralization, configure firewall for my client website...
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For large business I would recomend they used F% big ip.
f5 Works Great!
What do you like best about the product?
Connect securely to VPN quickly and effortlessly. Connection times are fast and reliable.
What do you dislike about the product?
No complaints thus far in using the software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connect securely to VPN quickly and effortlessly.
Amazing Load Balancing Hardware and Interface
What do you like best about the product?
We use the F5 to load balance all of our web properties. It is versatile and quite intuitive to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
Would just like the learning curve to be a bit easier but hands on training has helped a lot.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have enabled our web properties to be load balanced and thus offered in high availability.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you to use the F5 for load balancing of for firewall, you have picked a great versatile product.
Easy and Straigthforward
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to use, I've never had a problem with my RSA remote login device.
What do you dislike about the product?
The device itself is a bit clunky, and I'm told fairly susceptible to water damage.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This software and corresponding device allows me to access the department's servers remotely.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Assuming it isn't more expensive that competitors, I have no complaints about the F5 advanced firewall manager.
f5 is one of the best products in its class
What do you like best about the product?
I like the fact that in f5 I can create and assign custom "Access Profiles" to any "Virtual Server". I also like that I can run a report on the "Access Policy" to get information on all the sessions in real time.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that the development/test licensing expires after about 3 months and then it needs to be renewed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We solved an issue with different applications using different authentication methods. We realized that implementing SSO (Single Sing On) is quite beneficial since it makes it easier for our users to use our applications.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend performing a total assessment of your network environment before engaging with f5; that way you'll be able to answer any questions they have in regards to the architecture.
