If your datacenter is automatically nulling your IP, chances are the
attack is effecting their other customers, meaning they do not have the
capacity to handle the attack. Adding a firewall right before your
server will do nothing, because the traffic will still overload your
host's network.
Personally, I use nfoservers.com. I have been using them for years and
they are well equipped to handle most attacks that anyone can throw at
you. They do not offer colocation, but for TF2 servers one of their VDS
packages should suit you great. I currently host 5 dedicated machines
and 3 VDS's with them, and they are amazing. They have automatic
filtering for the most common attacks, so the script kiddies that you
are experiencing will only generate an email from NFOs automated system
letting me know the attack has been blocked.
If you need to go into more detail, they offer a firewall page in their
control panel that has a large range of options if you choose a VDS.
On 11/7/2014 12:48 AM, Weasels Lair wrote:
Unfortunately if is truly a DDOS (distributed attack, rather than from a
single source) just adding a firewall (any kind) is not really going to
help. By the time the traffic hits any firewall local to your server its
too late. It needs to be dealt with upstream.
You need a hosting provider that is setup to detect and mitigate such
attacks, and more importantly the knowledge, experience and WILLINGNESS to
address such attacks - instead of just blocking your IP. Maybe some folks
on the list can make some recommendations.
My own experience with the more common hosting providers has been much like
your own. But, I guess that's what I get for using the cheapest providers I
can find.
On Nov 6, 2014 9:35 PM, "Mike Vail" wrote:
Hello Fellow Windows 2008 Game Server Owners,
Today one of my TF2 servers on the dedicated server box I own and colocate
in California got DDOS attacked by a guy who announced the attack via
in-game chat and then attacked it. The attack got my IP auto-nulled by my
datacenter (AGAIN), which has happened at least a dozen times in the past
couple months. After almost 10 years of running servers and dealing with
this bullshit, I'm at the point where I'm ready to spend the bucks to
purchase a hardware device or some firewall software that says "Fuck you! -
Not happening this time dickhead" to these people and I really need your
advice on where to go and what to buy. There's a lot of admin and Windows
experience here on this list so I'm hoping some of some of you can help me
and we can have a dialog here that may help others as well.
Your help would be GREATLY appreciated by me as well as others on this
list I'm sure.
Warmest regards,
Mike Vail
Windsor, Ca. USA
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