SANTA CLARA - Content delivery service provider Speedera Networks is pumping up its security capabilities, giving customers the means to secure downloads and protect Web sites.
The services come in response to growing customer demand to help steel Web sites against threats such as denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and content theft. With the new offerings announced this week, Speedera will have security packages specifically designed for streaming media, Web site delivery and digital downloads, says Gordon Smith, a Speedera vice president. The services augment secure streaming that Speedera unveiled last fall.
One of the new services, Secure Content Delivery, supports Secure Sockets Layer encryption and lets customers hand off DNS responsibilities to Speedera, which can distribute DNS across its network of edge servers that are tied to more than 1,000 carrier networks. By distributing DNS servers, Smith says, Speedera can protect Web sites from DoS attacks that otherwise could cripple a Web site running DNS in a single location.
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Customers who choose to place their entire Web sites on the Speedera network, rather than using Speedera only to deliver specific graphics or pieces of content, benefit from an additional line of defense, Smith says, because all Internet requests are filtered through Speedera's edge servers. The customer's origin servers are inaccessible from the Internet, he adds.
The other new service, Secure Download, lets customers require authorization and authentication for content that is downloaded from the Internet's edge. That lets users offer pay-per-view or subscription-based downloads.
Speedera competes with CDNs such as Akamai Technologies, Mirror Image and Digital Island.
Secure Content Delivery is available, and pricing starts at $1,500 per month. If Speedera is delivering an entire Web site, pricing starts at $3,000 per month. The Secure Download Service will be available next month, and pricing starts at $1,500 per month.
Both security packages are available as part of Speedera's SpeedSuite Enterprise offering, which bundles everything from bandwidth and storage to complete site delivery and live streaming. SpeedSuite pricing starts at $7,500 per month.
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