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SIP Flood

Layer 7 · Application

Description

Overwhelms SIP servers with excessive requests, disrupting VoIP services.

Mitigation Capabilities

  • Anycast: Yes, disperses SIP traffic across nodes.
  • NGINX Proxy: No, not designed for SIP traffic.
  • HAProxy: No, irrelevant for SIP traffic.
  • IDS Suricata: Yes, detects abnormal SIP patterns.
  • WAF: No, irrelevant for SIP requests.
  • OWASP Rules: No, unrelated to SIP-specific threats.
  • Complex anycast solution – WEDOS Protection: Yes, handles SIP floods effectively.

Solutions

Use specialized SIP firewalls and rate limiting.

Why WEDOS Protection?

WEDOS Protection provides Anycast-powered edge protection that filters malicious traffic before it reaches your core systems. For DDoS types like SIP Flood , WEDOS offers scalable global filtering combined with advanced detection strategies and 24/7 support.

Can WEDOS Protection help?

✅ WEDOS Protection is highly effective against this attack due to global Anycast and intelligent filtering.
WEDOS Protection

Protect your site against SIP Flood and every other attack type.