I use one of those myself, and i have had a significant drop in the amount of bad packets that reach the server.
if you cannot afford one of these, but do want proper protection against ddos for the lowest price, given you are hosting using linux install this: http://configserver.com/cp/csf.html ConfigServer Firewall is a very nice application that protects your linux server from SSH hack attempts, SYN floods, Port floods, and UDP floods. ( the mainstream floods are usually port floods )
If you do not host yourself, but with a hoster:
Get your hoster to buy a hardware firewall, in these times it is of absolute necessity that a proper hoster has a firewall to protect their servers from getting attacked.
Even though firewalls are great for blocking DDOS or DOS attacks, this does not mean they are waterproof, a firewall does NOT block all traffic, and if the ddos attack is of such size that the firewall simply cant take it anymore, the firewall will be pretty much useless, but if you get ddos attacks of the size capable of overloading a hardware firewall with ease, you have certainly pissed off the wrong kind of people.
I hope this clears up this very important issue for you,
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AeroXbird
Hello there,
As most people have known for quite a while, there are a few teenagers with problematic hormones that are attempting to bring major MTA servers down.
Heres a few tips to aid your fight against the hormones
If you host the servers yourself, in a server rack at a datacenter, and you have some spare cash: install one of these puppies http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833181087.
I use one of those myself, and i have had a significant drop in the amount of bad packets that reach the server.
if you cannot afford one of these, but do want proper protection against ddos for the lowest price, given you are hosting using linux install this: http://configserver.com/cp/csf.html ConfigServer Firewall is a very nice application that protects your linux server from SSH hack attempts, SYN floods, Port floods, and UDP floods. ( the mainstream floods are usually port floods )
If you do not host yourself, but with a hoster:
Get your hoster to buy a hardware firewall, in these times it is of absolute necessity that a proper hoster has a firewall to protect their servers from getting attacked.
Even though firewalls are great for blocking DDOS or DOS attacks, this does not mean they are waterproof, a firewall does NOT block all traffic, and if the ddos attack is of such size that the firewall simply cant take it anymore, the firewall will be pretty much useless, but if you get ddos attacks of the size capable of overloading a hardware firewall with ease, you have certainly pissed off the wrong kind of people.
I hope this clears up this very important issue for you,
AeroXbird.
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