You may have heard about DoS/DDoS Attacks in the news, including reports of high profile DoS attacks in Georgia last summer and more recently the attack against Register.com. As a business website owner, it’s important you understand these attacks, how they work, and how a secure hosting environment can prevent them from ruining your revenue and reputation.
In general terms, hackers use denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to tie up processor resources rendering the computer useless to you, the user. DoS/DDoS attacks can manifest in a number of ways. The target computer may be forced to reset numerous times consuming processor resources and incapacitating the machine. These attacks can also disrupt your service by obstructing communication with end-users.
Victims of a DoS/DDoS attack often experience the following common symptoms:
- Unusually slow network performance.
- Unavailability of a particular website.
- Inability to access any website.
- Dramatic increase in spam emails.
FireHost customers are protected from DoS/DDoS attacks by industry-leading security.
Network Layer Security
We run dual high availability routers and firewalls providing full network redundancy for every client. This network layer design safeguards websites, emails, and databases from unauthorized intrusion by a DoS/DDoS attack.
Application Protection
On top of that, we run web application firewalls (WAFs). This closes the holes within your websites and applications and provides another layer of DoS/DDoS protection
As an industy leader in secure web hosting, we pride ourselves in providing clients peace of mind. Contact a FireHost Agent today for more information about our world class DoS attack prevention and website security services.
