Do providers offering VPS have a layer of protection against such attacks?
It might overwhelm their routers etc too?
It might overwhelm their routers etc too?
Low-level attacks most or all providers have some protection against (to protect their network itself) but that may include black holing your IP at the border routers.
Few offer higher level DDoS protection that isn't rewrapped cloud flare or competitor.
been using them for decades and they've been incredible for this, at least for the US options (prem/internap)
Let's say you manage to install some cloudfare equivalent in your Vps so your hands are clean. That still exposes the provider systems up to that point, eating up resources?
Or they'll still knock you off and ban your IP at the first point of entry itself..
Cos where that leads us is subscribing to cloudfare type service almost becomes inevitable.. You can't get around it with some free software running in your own box.