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by manishsharan 1937 days ago
Here is something to think about. If you get ddos'd in middle of trial run by an enterprise customer and its the end of your startup. AZ , AWS , OVH almost all hosting providers will all start dropping your connections. And DDOS protection services are expensive. Pay as you go models are awful for this as when you do get ddos'd , you bill could be quite high.
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cpncrunch 1937 days ago
No, OVH has DDoS protection built into their service, and it's free, and your connections will not get dropped. I moved to OVH after getting a few DDoS attacks, and since then there have been no problems. I've had a few emails from OVH notifying me about attacks in progress and that they are automatically mitigating it. When it happens, it has zero effect on our service.
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manishsharan 1937 days ago
Thnak you . I did not know this. I would love to hear more about it -- is this protecion available for their VPS or Public cloud ? I already have stringent firewall rules for all VMs in my ansible roles (I can port over my stuff from one cloud to next as my deployment is based on asible). what else do I need to do to protect my servers?
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cpncrunch 1936 days ago
All their services come with DDoS protection.

https://www.ovh.com/ca/en/anti-ddos/faq.xml?lsdDoc=faq.xml

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malikNF 1937 days ago
OVH actually does a really good job when it comes to DDoS protection. They can take some really big attacks and slow it down just enough so you firewall rules can take care of the rest.

From all the hosting providers I have used, they are the only ones who don't null route you as soon as you get a attacked, and considering the cost of their service OVH is a real life saver when you really need the help.

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Just realized this sounds like an advert for OVH, lol I have no affiliation with them whatsoever, just a really happy old customer.

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