Which feature of SonicWall protects against DDoS attacks?

The feature that specifically protects against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks is the integration of Anti-DDoS features directly into the firewall. These features are designed to identify and mitigate excessive traffic that may be attempting to overwhelm the network and disrupt services. By employing strategies such as traffic analysis and filtering, the firewall can dynamically react to abnormal patterns indicative of DDoS attacks, ensuring that legitimate traffic can still flow while malicious traffic is effectively blocked. This proactive approach helps maintain service availability and network integrity during an attack.

Other options, while beneficial for overall network performance and security, do not exclusively address DDoS attacks. Load balancing is more focused on distributing incoming traffic across multiple servers to optimize resource use and ensure reliability but does not actively prevent DDoS incidents. Content filtering is aimed at blocking unwanted content or traffic based on certain criteria, while data loss prevention technology focuses on safeguarding sensitive data from unauthorized access or exfiltration. None of these features inherently mitigate the impact of a DDoS attack in the same way that integrated Anti-DDoS features in a firewall do.