Easy and Efficient DDoS Protection
Your cloud resources are protected for free against DDoS attacks with always-on protection and automatic mitigation, enabling you to run your websites and applications without interruption
Powerful DDoS Protection
Maximize Uptime
Ensure your cloud resources are available 24/7 with continuously working DDoS protection that blocks attacks.
• 24/7 continuous monitoring
• 99.9% service availability guarantee
• Real-time attack blocking technology
Automatic Protection
Defend against evolving network layer DDoS attacks without manual configuration
• Zero configuration, instant effect
• Intelligent attack pattern recognition
• Adaptive protection strategies
Rapid Mitigation
In-network DDoS mitigation built into DigitalOcean cloud protects your resources without routing traffic to third parties
• Direct in-network mitigation
• No additional latency impact
• Second-level response processing
Core Features
Native Network-Level Protection
Collect relevant metrics, monitor Droplet performance; free alerts when infrastructure issues occur
• Native network layer integration
• Real-time performance monitoring
• Free failure alert service
Automated Intelligent Mitigation
Common and prevalent DDoS attacks are automatically blocked through rules that adapt to attack types, while allowing legitimate data traffic through.
• Intelligent rule adaptation
• Automatic attack blocking
• Legitimate traffic protection
Multi-Type DDoS Attack Protection
Covers volumetric attacks such as UDP, ICMP, TCP, and DNS reflection attacks, as well as protocol layer attacks such as SYN, BGP, and ping attacks
• UDP/ICMP/TCP protection
• DNS reflection attack blocking
• SYN/BGP/ping attack protection
Cross-Platform Coverage
DDoS protection covers your DigitalOcean cloud infrastructure, including Droplets, Kubernetes, managed databases, load balancers, and allocated Reserved IP addresses
Droplets
Comprehensive cloud server protection
Kubernetes
Container cluster protection
Managed Databases
Database service protection
Load Balancers
Traffic distribution protection
Frequently Asked Questions
What is DigitalOcean DDoS Protection?
DDoS Protection is a free, always-on service that protects your DigitalOcean cloud resources from various generalized, network-layer DDoS attacks to ensure your applications and websites run without interruption.
Does data traffic leave DigitalOcean's network for attack mitigation?
No, DigitalOcean DDoS Protection is integrated into our cloud, and mitigation occurs within our network, so you get robust protection without additional latency.
Which network layers does DigitalOcean DDoS Protection support?
DigitalOcean DDoS Protection operates at the Network Layer (Layer 3) and Transport Layer (Layer 4) of the OSI model. Application Layer (Layer 7) DDoS protection is not supported.
What resources does DDoS Protection cover?
DDoS Protection covers DigitalOcean Droplets, Kubernetes, managed databases, load balancers, and allocated Reserved IPs
Is DigitalOcean DDoS Protection a paid service?
DigitalOcean DDoS Protection is provided free to all users.
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