Comments on: Mitigating cloud server risks during DDoS attacks http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/mitigating-cloud-server-risks-during-ddos-attacks/ Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: sixball http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/mitigating-cloud-server-risks-during-ddos-attacks/#comment-88855 sixball Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:12:33 +0000 #comment-88855 (unless you’re getting hit from both sides.. wah wah wah)

]]> By: ramseyb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/mitigating-cloud-server-risks-during-ddos-attacks/#comment-88015 ramseyb Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:15:31 +0000 #comment-88015 After thinking about this and considering all options there is a way to do it yourself if you had the resources. There is not a full need to go with hosted cloud solutions. If you have multiple branches in different physical locations you are just as strong as these big guys. Since each of your locations have different Public IP’s and most likely different ISP’s a ddos attack would have to flood and attack each of your ISP’s. With the different Public IP’s as long as you are monitoring your traffic and have backup Cloud Base at another location you just close the one that is being attacked and bring up the other to Master at your other physical location. Bam! That is the answer!

]]> By: garretsonr http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/mitigating-cloud-server-risks-during-ddos-attacks/#comment-87685 garretsonr Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:37:38 +0000 #comment-87685 Indeed, hackers attempted to bring down Amazon’s EC2 with DoS attacks, but as Compuware’s Richard Stone notes in this blog post, Amazon suffered no downtime as a result. The performance-degradation ripple effects were clearly visible using the CloudSleuth performance monitor. But if you were an EC2 customer — or a customer of any of the major cloud service providers with the scale to combat DoS attacks — you should be able to sleep at night.
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]]> By: saturno http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/mitigating-cloud-server-risks-during-ddos-attacks/#comment-87305 saturno Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:17:04 +0000 #comment-87305 Hi,

With all due respect, I tend to disagree with the above point of view.
For me, it is a misconception to think that this kind of attack is only about bandwidth.

Recently I read this article that for the time being I completely agree.

]]> By: ramseyb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/mitigating-cloud-server-risks-during-ddos-attacks/#comment-87303 ramseyb Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:09:04 +0000 #comment-87303 If this is a private cloud. Setup a firewall with Ingress and Egress filtering at the Border Gateway to keep information about network internal. The DDos attackers will go after weak computers so this will help hide flaws. Along with that, keep your computers security up to date and manage what internet services they are using, ie internet radio, IM, ect. Don’t let them just open ports out so someone can get in. It is all about locking down. Cheers, hope this helps. Cisco has a good guide at http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090322_designing_secure_networks_cisco_technology_part_4/

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