Update Overflow of Failover Group

Method:              PUT URI:                       /ALF/ServerGroup/FailoverGroup/Overflow/{FailoverGroupId} This method allows you to change the overflow of a failover group. Parameter Description Overflow boolean (0/1) OverflowMethod “string” GlobalMaxClients “string” IsTrafficUnavailable boolean (true/false) IsTrafficSticky boolean (true/false) TrafficStickyMinutes “string”  

The Ghosts of Buffer Overflow

An enormous amount of due diligence.  That’s what it will take to overcome one of the most common computer security vulnerabilities that has been vexing cyberspace for years, according to John Clark of the University of York.  “To make buffer overflows a thing of the past will require an enormous amount of due diligence – […]

Load Balancer Overflow Feature Configuration

In our v3.10 release, we introduced a new Cloud Load Balancer feature called Overflow. This feature is designed to send traffic from your active server group to your failover server group when a certain connection threshold has been reached. This threshold can be configured globally to count connections being distributed to all of your servers, […]

And You Thought Your Transactions Were Safe: SSL Based Attacks

Your plaintext internet traffic is subject to attack. You already knew this.  And it probably won’t surprise you to learn that your encrypted internet traffic is also vulnerable. It’s an unfortunate situation. Carl Herberger, Radware’s VP for Security Solutions, says that the prospect of SSL-based attacks “makes a folly of our existing security infrastructure”. The […]

CSRF and the Confused Deputy

Imagine that a smooth operator convinces Barney Fife — the famous sheriff’s deputy on TV — to unlock a Mayberry jail cell. Barney has the keys. He has the authority. He wants to do the right thing, but he’s easily confused and manipulated.  Your web browser has authority too.  It can do a lot of […]

Web Application Firewall

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! To begin, you need to create a WAF Profile. To do that, click the ADD button on the toolbar in the table as shown below: Give your profile a name that describes the functionality you are […]

Web Application and API Protection Quick-Start Guide

Total Uptime’s Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) is an extremely powerful tool to protect web applications at the edge of the Internet as opposed to right inside your datacenter. The WAF shields your network and applications from the ever increasing number of application-layer attacks and can also aid with compliance, like PCI, by helping […]

Version 3.10 of our Cloud Platform released

Today we released another update to our cloud platform. Our latest update includes a number of significant features, enhancements as well as back-end improvements. Here are the most notable changes and bug fixes in this version:   General System/Account Changes: CSV table export: We added a new feature to the Domains, Change Log and Server […]

Creating active/passive Failover Configuration with Cloud Load Balancing

Are you looking to create an active/passive server failover configuration using our Cloud Load Balancer? It’s easier than you think. This video will walk you through the entire configuration process, taking a standard active/active load balancing scenario and changing it to active/passive, active/active/passive and even active/passive/passive with a tertiary failover group setup.  Total Uptime […]

Creating and Managing Monitors

 In this video we’ll dive deeper into monitors. Monitors are an essential component of our platform because they give you the power to accurately detect when your servers are up or down. This information is then used with Load Balancing or DNS Failover to properly route traffic.