At MMITech, we prioritize the security and stability of our services, and that includes providing DDoS protection on services where it is mentioned. However, it's important to set realistic expectations about what DDoS protection can achieve, particularly in scenarios involving high-traffic services like game servers. This article will explain how our DDoS protection works, what it covers, and what you can expect during an attack.
What Is DDoS Protection?
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection is designed to safeguard your service from being overwhelmed by malicious traffic. DDoS attacks attempt to flood your server with massive amounts of data or connection requests, leading to slowdowns or even complete service outages. Our DDoS protection mitigates these attacks to ensure that your service remains operational with minimal disruption.
How Our DDoS Protection Works
Our DDoS protection service offers comprehensive defense against a wide variety of attack types, with the following key features:
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Bandwidth Overload Protection: The protection shields your service from attacks that aim to overload your bandwidth, which could otherwise result in non-operational internet connections.
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Automatic Traffic Filtering: The service automatically filters out malicious traffic patterns that are indicative of a DDoS attack, ensuring that legitimate traffic can continue to reach your server.
Types of Attacks Covered
Our DDoS protection system is equipped to handle a wide range of attack patterns, including but not limited to:
- IP Packet Attacks: Attacks using incorrect or reserved values in IP packet protocols.
- Fragmented IP Packet Attacks: Excessively large or overlaying fragmented packets.
- ICMP Attacks: Including ICMP Flood, Smack, and Smurf attacks.
- IGMP Attacks: IGMP Floods.
- TCP Attacks: A variety of TCP-based attacks, such as SYN Flood, ACK Flood, RST Flood, TCP Xmas, and more.
- UDP Attacks: Random UDP Floods, DNS Amplification, NTP Amplification, BitTorrent floods, and other UDP-based attacks.
What to Expect During a DDoS Attack
While our DDoS protection is robust and designed to mitigate the majority of the attack traffic, it's important to understand that some level of disruption may occur during particularly large or complex attacks:
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Minimal Disruption: In most cases, you might experience a slight disruption, such as a brief slowdown or a short period of increased latency or even a short disconnection. This is typically minimal and quickly mitigated by our protection systems.
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Massive Attacks: In the event of a very large-scale attack, some disruptions may still occur despite our best efforts. However, our system is designed to protect against repeat offenses, so even in the case of a massive attack, the impact on your service will be significantly reduced compared to having no protection at all.
Realistic Expectations for High-Traffic Services
For users running high-traffic services like game servers, it's particularly important to be mindful of these potential disruptions. DDoS protection will mitigate the bulk of an attack, but some effects may still be felt depending on the size and nature of the attack.
- Game Servers: If your game server is targeted by a DDoS attack, our protection will minimize the impact, but you may notice a brief disruption during the initial phase of the attack. Once the attack is identified and filtered, normal operation should resume quickly.
Conclusion
Our DDoS protection provides a strong layer of defense against a wide array of attack types, ensuring that your service remains as stable and secure as possible. While the protection significantly reduces the impact of DDoS attacks, it’s important to understand that in the event of very large or complex attacks, a small disruption may occur. This protection is vital for maintaining the integrity and availability of your services, especially for high-traffic applications like game servers.
For more details on our DDoS protection or if you have specific concerns, please refer to our Terms of Service or contact our support team via the Support Ticket System.
