![]() If your site is hosted on Kinsta, you won’t need to go through the process of setting up Cloudflare or Sucuri. ![]() Investing in decent DDoS protection can save you time, money, and frustration down the road. Cloudflare and Sucuri are two we recommend for WordPress users or any type of platform. We will always be supporters of letting the experts do what they are best at. The support is rapid and outstanding, and their servers are the fastest for WordPress. Kinsta is amazing, I use it for my personal website. But we also recommend utilizing companies out there that have large infrastructures and software built specifically to thwart off DDoS attacks. Here at Kinsta, we’re generally able to fend off more attacks than cheaper hosts, simply because of additional security precautions we have in place like our implementation of Google Cloud Platform’s enterprise-level firewall. DDoS attacks over time According to a report from DDoS attack volume rose 50% in Q2 2018! □ Click to Tweet For a lot of sites, it might just be a matter of time until you are hit. In fact, according to data provided from easyDNS, DDoS attacks over time are getting much worse. ![]() Some even called it the DNS Doomsday of the internet. As the web continues to grow it’s not surprising that DDoS attacks are on the rise at an alarming rate. On October 21, 2016, the largest DDoS attack (DNS related) in history occurred, bringing down large companies such as PayPal, Spotify, Twitter, Reddit, and eBay. If you are on a cheaper or shared host, this can easily result in a suspension of your account. Most likely you will also see your bandwidth spike to an incredible amount, and this could cost you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The big problem with DDoS attacks is with the overwhelming load associated with it. One of the frustrating things with these types of attack is generally the attacker doesn’t gain anything and typically nothing is hacked (read: WordPress Hacked: What to Do When Your Site Is in Trouble). The primary purpose of a DDoS attack is to simply overwhelm your web server and either cripple it or take it down. DDoS is short for distributed denial of service. ![]()
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