Even though F5 is an application delivery controller, it can also effectively mitigate attacks directed at the network layer.

F5 BIG-IP includes the Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) module, which provides Layer 3 and Layer 4 protection against network-level attacks such as SYN floods, UDP floods, and ICMP floods. Its full-proxy architecture terminates client connections independently before forwarding traffic to servers, allowing the platform to absorb and inspect network-layer attack traffic before it reaches backend infrastructure.

This is incorrect because F5 BIG-IP is not limited to application-layer protection - its AFM module and full-proxy design explicitly extend mitigation capabilities down to the network and transport layers.