A DDoS attack is an attack on a server to bring the system to failure. The motives can be different - the intrigues of competitors, a political action, a desire to have fun or assert oneself. The hacker takes control of the botnet and creates such a load on the server that it cannot serve users. Data packets are sent from each computer to the server with the expectation that the server will not be able to cope with such a data flow and will hang.
As a result, visitors cannot enter the site, their trust is lost, and search engines lower the site in search results. After a successful DDoS attack, it can take up to one month to restore the original positions, which is tantamount to bankruptcy. It is very important to protect yourself from this type of attack in advance - lay straws so that it is not so painful to fall. And in the event of an attack itself, you need to quickly respond to it. The bulk of such attacks comes from the countries of Southeast Asia and the United States.
Protecting servers and workstations from DDoS attacks
Many resource owners are interested in the question: βis it possible to protect servers and workstations from DDoS attacks on their own?β Unfortunately, the answer is no. Modern botnets can generate traffic from hundreds of thousands of computers simultaneously. The data transfer rate is hundreds of gigabits and even terabits per second. Will a single server be able to withstand such a stream of data and process only requests from real users among them? Obviously the server is down. No chance. The traffic generated by botnets takes up all the bandwidth and prevents normal users from accessing the site.
Hosting company offers terminal and file server protection against network and application layer DDoS attacks. We provide the following types of protection against attacks:
- Protection of protocol vulnerabilities;
- Protection against network-type attacks;
- Server protection from scanning and sniffing;
- Protection against DNS and web attacks;
- Botnet blocking;
- DHCP server protection;
- Blacklist filtering.
Since the bulk of our servers are located in the Netherlands, one of the largest networks in Europe for cleaning traffic from bots will be used to protect your server. This the system has already successfully repelled 600 Gb/s DDoS attacks. Bot cleaning will be performed by many routers, switches and workstations, also known as the βDDoS protection cloudβ.
In case of danger, we notify the DDoS protection cloud about the beginning of the attack and all incoming traffic begins to be passed through the cleaning service. All traffic goes through a cascade of automatic filters and is delivered to the hosting already filtered. All junk traffic is blocked and the maximum that end site visitors will notice is a slight decrease in the resource loading speed.
Order protecting the file server from DDoS attacks already today, without waiting for the start of the attack. Prevention is always easier than elimination. Avoid losses for your business!