What is a DDoS?

DDoS stands for distributed denial of service. This is an attack in which an attempt is made to make a network or service inaccessible by sending a lot or modified traffic through it.

Offline

A DDOS attack can overload an entire network. Dozens of Gbits / s are no exception. The standard defense mechanism is that the Tuxis network detects the attack. Then a filter is turned on that will stop all traffic to the targeted target. We also advertise to the rest of the internet that traffic to that target must be stopped so that traffic no longer enters our network. This keeps the network available. The attacked target, usually an IP address, can then no longer be reached.

Stay online

The DDOS scrubbing center service is an addition to the filtering so that the attacked IP address does not go offline. Traffic destined for the attacked network is sent through the scrubbing center. The scrubbing center will capture, analyze and filter the entire DDOS attack. The fast smart filters ensure that within minutes only the desired traffic is passed and the rest is ignored. This keeps the attacked IP address available.