DDoS scrubbing
Also called: scrubbing center · scrubbing centre · traffic scrubbing
During a DDoS attack, traffic is rerouted to a carrier's or provider's scrubbing center, which discards the attack traffic and passes only clean traffic back to you. Your own firewall and bandwidth cannot absorb a large attack, so agree in advance on the service, whether it is always on or activated during an attack, and who triggers it and how.
Further reading: www.cisa.gov
From the Security Academy
DDoS Attacks: Types, Warning Signs and How Companies Prepare
DDoS is more than a slow website. How volumetric, protocol and L7 attacks differ and where each is stopped, ransom and smokescreen tactics, and what to do.
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