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Protect my site from denial of service attacks

2015-09-24T22:24:25Z

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|Scenario Task Description=Denial of service attacks attempt to bring down the target website through a variety of hacking, social engineering and other means. Distributed denial of service attacks attempt to overwhelm the target website or its providers resources by flooding it with malicious requests. There are many vulnerabilities and mitigation points to think through, as described in [https://digitaldefenders.org/digitalfirstaid/#section-ddos-mitigation DDoS mitigation] section of the Digital First Aid Kit.

The [https://github.com/OpenInternet/MyWebsiteIsDown/blob/dev/MyWebsiteIsDown.md What to do when your website goes down] guide describes how to respond to such attacks and prevent their success in the future.

There are also a number of DDoS mitigation and secure hosting providers ranging from the large corporate run services like [https://cloudflare.com/galileo Cloudflare's Project Galileo] and [https://projectshield.withgoogle.com/public/#application-form Google's Project Shield] to smaller ethically run organisations including [https://www.qurium.org/contact/ Virtualroad], [https://greenhost.net/order/ Greenhost] and the purpose-built [https://deflect.ca Deflect].
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My Website

2015-09-24T22:14:30Z

Dublindimi:

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|Scenario Task Description=It's very easy to get a website up and running these days, but its pretty tough to keep it secure and stable against a continually evolving and maturing array of cyber attacks. In order to protect your website you will need to consider its technical set-up, the software you are using to create the site and its content, the various types of plugins and extension enabled for extra features on that sight. Most importantly, you need to have a contingency plan - that is what happens in case of an emergency. This includes:
* An up to date backup of your files and database
* Knowing your hosting providers terms of service and their readiness to protect you during an attack
* Knowing your Domain name service (DNS) provider's security options and terms of service
* Implementing mitigation solutions in advance of the crisis

In most cases for non-technical users, it is advised to create a site/profile on an existing platform catering especially for this, like [https://wordpress.com/ WordPress], [https://medium.com/ Medium] and [http://www.livejournal.com/ Livejournal] to name a few of the bigger providers. They look after all the backend details, leaving you to create and manage content on the site. You can also choose to host your blog at one of the non-profit groups including [http://noblogs.org/ NoBlogs] or someone from this [https://help.riseup.net/ca/security/resources/radical-servers list].
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My Website

2015-09-24T22:12:51Z

Dublindimi: