F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs Trustwave Web Application Firewall comparison

F5 BIG-IP LTM optimizes the speed and reliability of your apps via both network and application layers. Using real-time protocol and traffic management decisions based on app and server and connection management conditions, and TCP and content offloading, BIG-IP LTM dramatically improves application and infrastructure responsiveness. BIG-IP LTM's architecture includes protocol awareness to control traffic for the most important applications. BIG-IP LTM tracks the dynamic performance levels of servers and delivers SSL performance and visibility for inbound and outbound traffic, to protect the user experience by encrypting everything from the client to the server.

BIG-IP LTM provides enterprise-class Application Delivery Controller (ADC). You get granular layer 7 control, SSL offloading and acceleration capabilities, and advanced scaling technologies that deliver performance and reliability on-demand. The highly optimized TCP/IP stack combines TCP/IP techniques and improvements in the latest RFCs with extensions to minimize the effect of congestion and packet loss and recovery. Independent testing tools and customer experiences show LTM's TCP stack delivers up to a 2x performance gain for users and a 4x increase in bandwidth efficiency.

Trustwave Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a Web Application Firewall that can protect Web applications against attacks and data loss with bi-directional traffic correlation and policy enforcement even in out-of-line mode. It helps you protect your valuable web applications and data by continuously monitoring traffic and enforcing policies to identify and block threats. The Trustwave WAF integrates with Trustwave application scanning solution, App Scanner to provide customized protection for any application via virtual patching. Trustwave WAF can be deployed as a physical appliance or a virtual appliance, and a managed service.