F5 provides a carrier-grade DNS solution for communications service providers that delivers high-speed DNS responses, high query rates, and secure transactions while integrating IPv4 and IPv6. It mitigates the impact of attacks when every second of delay can mean lost conversions, page loads, and customer satisfaction costing millions per year. The solution scales DNS traffic, provides service availability, and mitigates attacks through features like IP anycast, DNSSEC, and attack protection.

1. F5 DNS Solution for Communications Service Providers

2. Key Facts F5 Provides Communications Service Providers with a Carrier-Grade DNS Solution that Delivers: High speed authoritative DNS responses High volume query rates Secure DNS transactions IPv4 and IPv6 integration Attack impact mitigation

3. Why DNS? Every Second Counts… A one-second delay means: 7% loss in conversions 11% fewer page loads 16% decrease in customer satisfaction If your site earns $100,000 a day, this translates to millions lost per year!

5. Load balancing

6. AAA scaling

7. Connection brokering

9. Network Address Translation (NAT)

10. IPv6 interworking

11. TCP optimization

12. CachingVideo Services Video Data Voice Data Services BIG-IP VIPRION BIG-IP VIPRION End-to-End Session Awareness Voice Services

13. F5 Carrier-Grade DNS Solution Solution Dimensional DNS traffic scaling - ScaleN Destination service high availability – global server load balancing Attack mitigation – IP Anycast DNSSEC Performance – DNS Express, DNSSEC Key Management Flexibility – iRules, iApps IPv6 – DNS64, integration with NAT64

15. Transparent monitoring and route health injections

16. DNSSEC with signed responses

17. Layer 7 DoS and brute force attack protection (ASM)

19. Carrier-class availability and scalability to support millions of subscribers

20. Enables multi-site redundancy for disaster recovery

21. Simplified implementation and reduced managementDNS Servers DNS Servers

22. DNS Express Ability to manage tens of millions of records Fast response times for multiple authoritative responses Increases scalability Mitigation of DoS/DDoS Attacks Consolidate DNS servers DNS Server Manage DNS Records Answer DNS Query DNS Express in TMOS OS Admin Auth. Roles Answer DNS Query Answer DNS Query NIC Dynamic DNS DHCP Answer DNS Query Answer DNS Query Managing High Volume Requests

24. Geographically separate the DNS request load for all requests

25. Scale DNS infrastructure up and out per BIG-IP

27. Hot-swappable components; on-demand performance