ddos protected hosting: what it is and how to choose it

Why protection matters

Distributed denial-of-service attacks overwhelm your site or API with bogus traffic, starving real users. ddos protected hosting absorbs and filters floods at the network edge, using anycast capacity, scrubbing centers, rate limiting, and intelligent layer 7 rules. The goal is continuity: steady performance, clean traffic, and predictable costs even during spikes.

What to look for

Evaluate committed mitigation capacity, always-on versus on-demand modes, and an SLA that guarantees time to detect and time to mitigate. Prefer globally distributed points of presence, support for TCP, UDP, and HTTP/2, and tight WAF and CDN integration. Good platforms expose real-time analytics, automatic failover, origin shielding, and flexible rules so you can tune sensitivity without blocking legit surges.

Practical selection checklist

• Capacity and coverage: multi-terabit network, diverse carriers.
• Response: sub-minute detection, automated playbooks, 24/7 SOC.
• Accuracy: low false positives, behavioral modeling, bot signatures.
• Controls: custom policies, API access, logs for forensics.
• Business fit: clear pricing, compliance, and real-world references.