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Title: CloudFlare for mining pool DDOS prevention? Post by: doodyhead on June 21, 2011, 11:28:55 AM Have any of the mining pools considered using a DDOS prevention service like CloudFlare?
http://www.cloudflare.com/ It seems like a good fit and it's free. Disclaimer: I don't work for CloudFlare, I just came across them on TechCrunch. Title: Re: CloudFlare for mining pool DDOS prevention? Post by: shamen on June 21, 2011, 11:58:05 AM Seems more like a CDN/cache to me. CDNs tend to be better for HTTP GET's on static content
Mining using RPC calls. So if someone were to DDoS (via HTTP calls) then a CDN wouldn’t do much as those calls will be passed straight up the line to the 'origin' server (the mining pool in this case). What it would help prevent (assuming they actually support RPC calls over their CDN) would be packet flooding - such as a UDP flood - on the origin server (mining pool server). But then its a case of 'how much DDoS could cloudfare take before they fall over?'. Theres the additional case of does their AUP state that if you use too much bandwidth/attract massive DDoS they will boot you off. Title: Re: CloudFlare for mining pool DDOS prevention? Post by: Jessica on June 21, 2011, 12:16:11 PM DDoS protection doesn't usually work against legit traffic flooding, just saying. (:
Title: Re: CloudFlare for mining pool DDOS prevention? Post by: Crs on June 21, 2011, 12:27:26 PM http://dragonara.net/ddos-protection.html
Title: Re: CloudFlare for mining pool DDOS prevention? Post by: doodyhead on June 22, 2011, 01:15:39 PM Ya, I guess CloudFlare isn't an ideal fit, but DDOS isn't a new problem. I wonder how much the likes of slush have reviewed existing anti-DDOS services..?
Title: Re: CloudFlare for mining pool DDOS prevention? Post by: GreatDeals4BTC on June 22, 2011, 01:36:06 PM Prolexic
Blacklotus These 2 are fantastic for DDoS mitigation. (Lulzsec, the group notorious for the successful DDoS on CIA.GOV failed to so much as lag prolexic) |