DDoS

[the.code]

Hello

my forum is getting DDos attack from last 4 days continuously forum is on VPS with 512mb Ram Gentoo operating system and webmin i am hosting with ovh.com i am not getting wut to do Attack is something like i see lots of visitors accessing forum and then atonce it goes down from last days it hardly stayed up for an hour i protected the folder with User/Pass Tried to deny the ips i got hand on but nothing is helping can someone suggest me wut shud i do and i also wana knw if their is any hositng providing managed Firewall against DDos where i can host if nothing else helps me here waiting for responses ASAP

[royo]

Nothing will protect against ddos, you can only have more bandwidth than the attackers do.

[SEOvB]

Try to shut off your http service for a while and then turn it back on after a few hours to see if they've quit.

[Medtech]

Hello

my forum is getting DDos attack from last 4 days continuously forum is on VPS with 512mb Ram Gentoo operating system and webmin i am hosting with ovh.com i am not getting wut to do Attack is something like i see lots of visitors accessing forum and then atonce it goes down from last days it hardly stayed up for an hour i protected the folder with User/Pass Tried to deny the ips i got hand on but nothing is helping can someone suggest me wut shud i do and i also wana knw if their is any hositng providing managed Firewall against DDos where i can host if nothing else helps me here waiting for responses ASAP

had same issue and same server, host installed a script to block agressive incomming ip hits. End of prolem..:cool:

[the.code]

had same issue and same server, host installed a script to block agressive incomming ip hits. End of prolem..:cool:

can u tell me wut u did and wut kind of script is used ? did u talked to ovh for this issue ? and they did the script for u ?
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[CodingMonkey]

Is it a linux box?
If so - google: csf + lfd

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Actually as you already added a .htaccess password, i doubt this is a DDOS. Sounds more like the server just can not handle the load.

[COBRAws]

For those facing a DoS or DoSS attack, they shoult try out the DOS-Deflate application, its free and its a great solution for low range attacks. If the attacks are bigger you should now try with a hardware firewall such as Cisco ASA 5510 or if your site is a real bandwidth muncher, Cisco ASA 5520. Of course, these firewalls are expensive, but they stop DoS and DoSS in a jiffy!