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We are currently under attack on one of our servers at a datacenter in Chicago.

  • 1 gbps (peak) 600mbps average
  • UDP flood port 80 (incoming)
  • Consumed 20 TB bandwidth in 2.5 days

We have 50TB of bandwidth per month on this server and paying for the bandwidth is not an option (pricey).

Our host offers a protection plan for 1gbps attacks for $800/mo and $750 setup.

This is a lot of money but seems like the only option at this point to keep the website alive. The attack may only last a few more days.

Is there another host that has DDOS prevention built in or is there a more cost effective way of handling this? In a jam right now. Do we really have to pay for our servers plus $800 per month from now on just to prevent future bandwidth eating DDOS?

I am a small business that can barely afford this service (and still be profitable) but I can't imagine how scared I would be if this service could not be afforded.

reefine
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Bandwidth is expensive. DDoS attacks can eat large amounts of bandwidth in a very short amount of time. Any host that can actually handle this attack for you, is going to be somewhat expensive.

That being said, a UDP flood at port 80 should be pretty trivial for anyone to block (there's no legitimate reason for UDP to go to port 80 is 99.999% of circumstances).

You could always get a couple of unmetered gigabit ports and a few servers, but that's going to be probably $800/month per server.

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