By darkmau2013
How do I protect my CentOS server from a DDOS and Shell attacks :L
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you should look into a solution from Solarflare Communications. They have developed solution to protect Linux kernel from DDOS attacks.
a non-standard port for SSH <br> <br>This is very first thing I’ve done on every server or VPS I’ve spun up in the past couple of years. Makes a huge difference. The first time I switched off of port 22 for SSH I went from almost 10,000 attempted logins on port 22 on one day to 0 on the new port the next day. <br> <br>Also really like CSF as a firewall setup tool.
You can’t. The best you can do is hope to mitigate the disruption. Start w/a firewall; a non-standard port for SSH; fail2ban; SSH-key (i.e. passwordless) logins; and a monitoring tool. <br> <br>For websites, <a href=“https://www.cloudflare.com/”>CloudFlare</a>, provides a good service (and they even have a free plan).
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