--- title: I fought a DDoS and lived to tell the tale | daily.dev description: The post recounts the author's experience dealing with a DDoS attack and provides advice on how to protect against such attacks. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-fought-a-ddos-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-nr99upklh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I fought a DDoS and lived to tell the tale | daily.dev og:description: The post recounts the author's experience dealing with a DDoS attack and provides advice on how to protect against such attacks. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-fought-a-ddos-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-nr99upklh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NR99uPkLh.png og:image:alt: I fought a DDoS and lived to tell the tale og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I fought a DDoS and lived to tell the tale **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 10 min read · 227 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary The post recounts the author's experience dealing with a DDoS attack and provides advice on how to protect against such attacks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@alissondereg** · 9 upvotes > this was so fun to read! **@icey** · 8 upvotes > this is incredible! > i would have just used cloudflare and watched it fail me **@programmerraja** · 4 upvotes > This was fun we also face the same issue a week ago :) **@sidaliassoul** · 2 upvotes > Great article. It was really fun to read. **@vic42** · 2 upvotes > The link under part 3 is acting a bit funny. It doesn't take you to the address in the link text, but rather to a Reddit post. --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-fought-a-ddos-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-nr99upklh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I fought a DDoS and lived to tell the tale","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-fought-a-ddos-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-nr99upklh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-fought-a-ddos-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-nr99upklh"},"datePublished":"2024-06-13T13:13:55.256Z","dateModified":"2024-10-05T16:34:58.504Z","description":"The post recounts the author's experience dealing with a DDoS attack and provides advice on how to protect against such attacks.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b855881a2f5ec89b6159da6d9a378396?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b855881a2f5ec89b6159da6d9a378396?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":11,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-fought-a-ddos-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-nr99upklh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":227},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":11}],"keywords":"security,cyber,aws","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I fought a DDoS and lived to tell the tale"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-fought-a-ddos-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-nr99upklh","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"this was so fun to read!","datePublished":"2024-06-14T12:18:26.276Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/NR99uPkLh#c-6htidq07y","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Alisson","url":"https://daily.dev/alissondereg","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":9}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"this is incredible!\ni would have just used cloudflare and watched it fail me","datePublished":"2024-06-15T14:05:34.409Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/NR99uPkLh#c-ykCxKfM5X","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"icey","url":"https://daily.dev/icey","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--pZXnndm---/f_auto/v1726335559/avatars/avatar_Y22TSWjaYNYWLjwv85Np5"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":8}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This was fun we also face the same issue a week ago :)","datePublished":"2024-09-10T03:56:41.388Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/NR99uPkLh#c-Poc4Cu9fo","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Boopathi","url":"https://daily.dev/programmerraja","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--dCMTYL2M--/f_auto/v1762821668/avatars/avatar_NbQgWXH9JdceQ4lfD3WCY?_a=BAMAK+ZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great article. It was really fun to read.","datePublished":"2024-08-26T05:59:09.921Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/NR99uPkLh#c-aFO8wLCvJ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sidali Assoul","url":"https://daily.dev/sidaliassoul","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKnoX5EYc_BVu77cnH1qu1C4CaQqhtNNvk3_33oDof_rqU=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The link under part 3 is acting a bit funny. It doesn’t take you to the address in the link text, but rather to a Reddit post.","datePublished":"2024-06-16T16:51:58.056Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/NR99uPkLh#c-M3SC2Pdw9","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Vic","url":"https://daily.dev/vic42","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```