{"id":22046,"date":"2024-10-02T18:49:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000269957-does-my-server-come-with-ddos-protection\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:02:16","slug":"103000269957-does-my-server-come-with-ddos-protection","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000269957-does-my-server-come-with-ddos-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Does My Server Come With DDoS Protection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">Does my server come with DDoS protection?<br \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>All Contabo Servers and Webspace packages are equipped with a DDoS protection by default.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You don&#8217;t have to do anything in order to start the DDoS protection &#8211; the Contabo <strong dir=\"ltr\">DDoS protection is activated automatically and free of charge for all Contabo servers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We are constantly working to improve the Contabo protection system so it can repel many different types of attacks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, just like any other DDoS protection, the Contabo protection system cannot provide a guarantee that every conceivable DDoS attack will be repelled. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">How does Contabo DDoS work?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Contabo DDoS protection automatically detects most DDoS attack patterns and which filters the incoming traffic to the server so that the &#8220;malicious&#8221; attacking traffic is dropped and only the &#8220;real&#8221; desired traffic arrives at your server.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This means that you will barely notice a possible attack while our DDoS protection filters the ongoing attack for you.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You can read more about DDoS at Contabo on the <a href=\"https:\/\/contabo.com\/en\/ddos-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Contabo website here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000269957-does-my-server-come-with-ddos-protection-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does my server come with DDoS protection? 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