Mitigations
4-level auto-escalation: from local firewall to cloud scrubbing in seconds
Flowtriq's auto-escalation chain — iptables/nftables → BGP FlowSpec → RTBH → cloud scrubbing — expla...
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BGP FlowSpec for DDoS mitigation: how surgical filtering replaces blunt blackholes
FlowSpec lets you drop attack traffic at the network edge without blackholing legitimate users. How it works, when to use it, and how Flowtriq automates it.
Mitigations
SYN flood detection without a cloud WAF
You don't need Cloudflare or AWS Shield to detect SYN floods. The data you need is in /proc/net/snmp and your ...
8 min read →Mitigations
UDP flood mitigation: techniques that actually work
UDP floods are the most common volumetric DDoS attack. Here are proven mitigation strategies from iptables rul...
11 min read →Mitigations
BGP blackhole routing: RTBH for DDoS mitigation
When a volumetric DDoS attack threatens your entire network, BGP blackhole routing stops the flood at the netw...
10 min read →Mitigations
iptables rules to survive a SYN flood while you wait for upstream mitigation
When you're under a SYN flood and upstream mitigation is still 20 minutes away, these iptables rules can buy y...
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