HAProxy is releasing Enterprise 3.2, reinforcing the product’s identity as both "the world’s fastest software load balancer and a sophisticated edge security layer."
According to the company, this release brings next-generation security intelligence, extends its industry-leading performance, and expands the native routing and integration capabilities in HAProxy Enterprise.
The headlining addition in HAProxy Enterprise 3.2 is the introduction of the Threat Detection Engine (TDE) within the Bot Management Module.
The TDE provides sophisticated detection, classification, and industry-standard labeling of application DDoS, brute force, web scraper, and vulnerability scanner threats without compromising latency or customer privacy.
HAProxy Enterprise 3.2 is a foundational component of the HAProxy One platform, in which the data plane, control plane, and secure edge network work together seamlessly.
HAProxy Fusion 1.4, coming later this year, carries forward the company’s security innovation momentum, the company said. Together, the Threat Detection Engine and Security Control Plane (featuring the Threat-Response Matrix for intuitive, visual policy building) will offer a unique combination of next-generation security intelligence and next-generation security user experience (UX).
HAProxy Enterprise provides high-performance load balancing for TCP, UDP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications, high availability, an API/AI gateway, Kubernetes application routing, SSL processing, DDoS protection, bot management, global rate limiting, and a next-generation WAF.
HAProxy Enterprise combines the performance, reliability, and flexibility of the company’s open-source core (HAProxy — a software load balancer) with ultra-low-latency security layers and world-class support.
HAProxy Enterprise benefits from full-lifecycle management, monitoring, and automation (provided by HAProxy Fusion), and next-generation security layers powered by threat intelligence from HAProxy Edge and enhanced by machine learning.
Together, this flexible data plane, scalable control plane, and secure edge network form HAProxy One: the world’s fastest application delivery and security platform that is the G2 category leader in API Management, Container Networking, DDoS Protection, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Load Balancing.
The primary focus of HAProxy Enterprise 3.2 is delivering next-generation security features that overcome the traditional limitations of high resource usage, compliance risks, and performance degradation often associated with sophisticated threat detection systems—especially SaaS/cloud products that process customer data or require an external connection with added latency.
HAProxy Enterprise 3.2 is a landmark release that strategically positions the HAProxy One platform as an intelligent edge security solution. By integrating the highly efficient, private, and exceptionally accurate Threat Detection Engine, HAProxy Enterprise now provides next-generation security intelligence without negatively impacting performance or compliance, unlike many SaaS/cloud-based solutions. This security sophistication is built upon a foundation of unrivaled performance, which is guaranteed by the architectural shift to the AWS-LC TLS library, unlocking critical scalability, the company said.
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