Just tried out @cloudflare "DDOS" protection by self DDOS'ing an app I have behind it's DNS - Fell over within seconds. Not a great start...
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Replying to @alexjamesbrown
@alexjamesbrown Not sure how you're testing. If on a free plan, however, we only offer limited protection from an attack through I'm1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Cloudflare
@CloudFlare From a single host using Hulk - http://www.sectorix.com/2012/05/17/hulk-web-server-dos-tool/ … I can swallow this kind of attack in the code better?!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @alexjamesbrown
@alexjamesbrown the IP directly. It would have to be on web traffic records that are running through the proxy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Cloudflare
@CloudFlare yea, that’s exactly what I’m doing - “attacking” via the domain. Was curious to see if it works - can conclude that it doesn’t.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @alexjamesbrown
@alexjamesbrown And you turned on I'm Under Attack mode?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Cloudflare
@CloudFlare oh.. hang on… no? I’m on the free plan for the moment… is that available?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @alexjamesbrown
@alexjamesbrown I'm Under Attack mode is available to all customers in their CloudFlare settings. See: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170206-How-do-I-enable-I-m-Under-Attack-mode- …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Cloudflare
@CloudFlare Great! That works really well… glad I did this dry run, thank you for your help!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@alexjamesbrown Sure:)
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