DDoS attacks are one of the threats on the network that can put our devices at risk. In this article we echo how Cloudflare will send alerts when a website is under this type of attack. These alert notifications reach the customers of the service so that they can solve the situation in the shortest possible time.
Cloudflare sends alerts when a site is under a DDoS attack
We can say that a DDoS attack occurs when an attacker sends multiple requests to a web server or an Internet connection with the aim of blocking it, which cannot handle that number of requests for which it does not have sufficient resources. This causes a web page, a server, to become unavailable and there is a service interruption. A major problem that can seriously harm an organization or business.
Keep in mind that Cloudflare has always offered DDoS protection as one of its main offerings. However unless a site owner or administrator is actively using their site or using monitoring tools, they would not know their service is under attack until it is too late.
Cloudflare’s goal now is to avoid that, to prevent it from being too late. That’s why he just announced that his customers can now set up alerts that notify them when a site they manage is under a DDoS attack. Of course, at the moment it is only available for paying users.
There are different types of DDoS that users can receive: HTTPS DDoS and L3 / L4 attacks. The availability of each type of alert depends on the service they are using with Cloudflare.
In the event of a DDoS attack , Cloudflare will notify you when that attack was detected, the type of DDoS attack, the size of that attack, and what the target is. Information that can be used by the user to try to mitigate the threat as soon as possible.
Users have to create alerts for DDoS attacks
To create Cloudflare notifications to notify us of DDoS attacks, a series of steps must be carried out. We must log into the account, click on the notifications section, click on create and then select the type we want and then put the necessary data, such as email, to receive that notification.
From then on, once we have created that alert, Cloudflare will notify us if there is a DDoS attack against our site. A way to have greater control and avoid problems that can cause the interruption of services.
As we know, DDoS attacks are very present on the Internet. There are many types of attacks that can damage our security, but if we have a website it is undoubtedly one of the threats that could affect us the most.