[SOLVED] How can I prevent a DDOS?

[Impala640]

Tomorrow I will start hosting a Minecraft server which will be public. Are there any ways to help prevent a DDOS attack? I doubt anyone will actually try that as it is really rare. However in the case that is does happen what should I do?

 

[Uncodable]

Tomorrow I will start hosting a Minecraft server which will be public. Are there any ways to help prevent a DDOS attack? I doubt anyone will actually try that as it is really rare. However in the case that is does happen what should I do?

You could use a server from OVH, as they have built-in DDoS protection. Unsure if that is with or without added fees though. To prevent server crasher exploits, you will need to use two things:

1. Spigot (or any fork of it)
2. A specific exploit guard plug in, such as ExploitFixer

Hopefully that gets you somewhere.

 

[Impala640]

You could use a server from OVH, as they have built-in DDoS protection. Unsure if that is with or without added fees though. To prevent server crasher exploits, you will need to use two things:

1. Spigot (or any fork of it)
2. A specific exploit guard plug in, such as ExploitFixer

Hopefully that gets you somewhere.

This is exactly what I was looking for thank you so much

 

[Uncodable]

This is exactly what I was looking for thank you so much

Any time Impala. Good luck with the server!

 

[bill001g]

There is no way to actually stop a real DDOS. Sure some software can prevent direct attacks against server exploits but the vast majority of DDOS things you hear about is traffic flooding.

There is nothing even a large company can do. You get 10,000 machines and each sends 100mbps of junk data to a server ip it will overload even the largest data center. Maybe a bunch of ISP working together could midigate it but it is impossible to filter it.

Once the traffic gets to the server the damage is already done. You can't actually prevent the all the sending bot machines from sending you more no matter how much data you discard. Even if it was possible would you think the software would honor any request from your server to stop sending attack data.

The only thing that actually stops this is money. The machines used on bot nets are discovered and patched the more they are used for this purpose. The guys that hack these machine will set the price to use them accordingly. So if someone hates you bad enough they can get the credit card out and take your server down. They will eventually run out of money.

Mostly DDOS information is fictional. So many silly teens that think they can load some software on their PC or even their phone and take down a server. What they seem to forget is if you send it from your own house it has your IP address and in most cases you are just going to DOS yourself because the upload rate on most peoples connection is less than the download rate of the server you are attacking.