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[Dolalin]

I know you can get front-facing, DDoS-hardened proxies that forward the traffic on to your server, never exposing its real IP to the public.

[Halladar]

Would only allowing ip numbers registered at the forum to connect at all help?

By that I mean you supply an ip number when you create an account.

It may not work at all, since validation is through the eqemu login server.

I don't know what all is involved in a ddos attack, but if something like ip registration doesn't help, does that mean virtually any site could be dropped by a hoster if someone is mad enough at them?

[Tovok]

Originally Posted by Halladar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know what all is involved in a ddos attack, but if something like ip registration doesn't help, does that mean virtually any site could be dropped by a hoster if someone is mad enough at them?

That's pretty much the case, yes. You can mitigate by making sure that the malicious requests are as cheap as possible (for example, have the firewall drop an auth request before it gets to an app server), but at some point you have to look at each packet and make a decision.

There are probably hardened edge proxies out there that are good at mitigating the attack. They might cost $10k+ each and up, though, for all I know. I'm not much of a network guy. More of a dev.

[Deanob]

Originally Posted by Dolalin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I know you can get front-facing, DDoS-hardened proxies that forward the traffic on to your server, never exposing its real IP to the public.

Something worth looking into.

There is always a solution to a problem. No matter what.

[Root]

We have to have an experienced IT guy here- Why isn't he posting? And when he does you need to tell us pricing, equipment and hosts. We know you exist. Like the Alamo, we need our 21st Century Davy Crockett, our Martin Luther King Jr. of the internet traffic world. As the French built the *edit* Statue of Liberty as a gift to the Americans for the friendship and loyalty throughout the Revolution, we shall build you a website and talk in IRC with your internet alias in our hearts.

[Dijalin]

if by Eiffel Tower, you mean Statue of Liberty then yes, I agree with you :P

[Root]

Who needs to know history correctly anyways?