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VA Technical Reference Model v 24.7

F5 BIG-Internet Protocol (IP) Domain Name System (DNS)
F5 BIG-Internet Protocol (IP) Domain Name System (DNS) Technology

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Description: F5 BIG-Internet Protocol (IP) Domain Name System (DNS) (formerly BIG-IP Global Traffic Manage) distributes DNS and user application requests based on business policies, data center and cloud service conditions, user location, and application performance. When sites have a volume spike in DNS queries due to legitimate requests or Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks, the technology manages requests with multicore processing and increasing authoritative DNS performance to quickly respond to all queries. The technology provides load balancing, web acceleration and provides security and access control.

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Decision Source: TRM Mgmt Group
Decision Process: One-VA TRM v23.5
Decision Date: 05/25/2023 at 17:37:59 UTC
Aliases: F5 Load Balancer, GTM, F5 Big IP Global Traffic Manager, BI-IP DNS
Introduced By: TRM Request
Vendor Name: F5
- The information contained on this page is accurate as of the Decision Date (05/25/2023 at 17:37:59 UTC).