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Advanced Cloud DDoS Protection

DDoS Protection

Linode’s global network is protected by advanced DDoS mitigation in all of our data centers, helping to fend off attacks on your infrastructure.  Free for all customers.

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DDoS Protection

Free built-in DDoS protection to actively detect and mitigate attacks 24/7, ensuring that your cloud resources are safe and apps are available to legitimate users.


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Network Level Automated
Detection and Protection

Always on DDoS protection monitoring attacks at network layers 3 and 4. Automatically detect a Layer-3 or Layer-4 protocol attack, and send an alert regarding the attack*

*Alerts are not sent for all kinds of attack mitigation.

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No Increased Latency

Keep good traffic and block the bad with no routing of your traffic to a third-party.

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Intercept a Range of Attack Methods

Protect your server applications from a range of DDOS attack methodologies including UDP, SYN, floods, and more.

Specifications

Technical Specifications

  • Always-on DDoS monitoring
  • Protected DDoS attack methodologies: UDP, SYN, HTTP floods
  • Available across all regions

Usage Specifications

  • None! DDoS protection is automatically enabled for all Linodes

"We’ve invested in the capacity and automation to mitigate DDoS attacks across our global network, giving our customers the protection they need to scale with confidence."

Dan Spataro

Global DDoS Protection

High capacity protection against denial of service and web attacks.

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