DDoS Protection and Security Features

Outline

1. DDoS Basics

• What a DDoS attack is
• Attack types and patterns
• Impact and risk

2. Cloudflare DDoS Protection

• Automatic protection

  • Automatic detection and mitigation
  • Protection capacity
  • Coverage on the free plan

• Advanced protection

  • Extra protection on paid plans
  • Custom rules
  • Real-time monitoring

3. Protection Strategy

• Security level

  • Low, Medium, High, I’m Under Attack!
  • What each level does
  • How to choose

• Rate limiting

  • Configure rate limit rules
  • Prevent abuse
  • Protect APIs

4. Security Features

• Bot Management

  • Bot detection and classification
  • Challenge flows
  • Bot rules

• IP Access Rules

  • Allow/deny IPs
  • Manage IP ranges
  • Geo rules

• Firewall Rules

  • Create firewall rules
  • Conditions and matching
  • Actions

5. Security Monitoring

• View security event logs
• Attack statistics and reports
• Real-time alerts

6. Advanced (Paid) Features

• WAF (Web Application Firewall)

  • WAF rule configuration
  • Custom rules
  • Managed rule sets

• Bot Fight Mode

  • Bot fight mode
  • Setup and usage

• Advanced DDoS Protection

  • Higher-level mitigation
  • Custom mitigation strategies

7. Security Best Practices

• Review security logs regularly
• Choose the right security level
• Use firewall rules
• Watch for anomalous traffic

8. FAQs

• False positives on legitimate traffic
• Protection seems ineffective
• How to trigger mitigation manually
• Responding to incidents

9. Summary

• Key DDoS protection settings
• Security recommendations