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Does the Droplet service have DDoS attack protection, including anti-DDoS flood protection and a firewall?

Posted on August 10, 2023
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Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• November 1, 2023

Accepted Answer

Hello there,

Quick update here. I’m excited to share that DigitalOcean has introduced a new feature in response to the valuable feedback we’ve received from users like you: DigitalOcean DDoS Protection:

https://www.digitalocean.com/products/ddos-protection

Here are some key points about this new offering:

Cost: DigitalOcean DDoS Protection is available at no additional cost. That’s right, it’s a free service for all users!
Coverage: The protection extends to a range of DigitalOcean resources including:
- Droplets
- Kubernetes
- Managed Databases
- Load Balancers
- Reserved IPs
Protection Layers: This service provides protection primarily at the Network (layer 3) and Transport (layer 4) layers of the OSI model. Please note that Application layer (layer 7) DDoS Protection is currently not supported.
Latency Concerns: One of the standout features of this service is that mitigation takes place entirely within the DigitalOcean network. This means that data traffic doesn’t leave our network for mitigation, ensuring that your applications experience no additional latency.
Overall Benefit: DigitalOcean DDoS Protection is an always-on service designed to defend your DigitalOcean cloud resources against a range of generalized, network-layer DDoS attacks. This ensures that your apps and websites run smoothly, without the threat of potential disruptions from such attacks.

Best,

Bobby

Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• August 21, 2023

Hi there!

Yes, you can use the following services:

Cloud Firewalls: The DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls are a network-based, stateful firewall service for Droplets provided at no additional cost. Cloud firewalls block all traffic that isn’t expressly permitted by a rule.
DDoS Protection: This is still in beta and only available to some users, but will soon be available for everyone. In the meantime, I could suggest using Cloudflare as they offer a free DDoS protection service.

Hope that this helps!

Best,

Bobby