ICT solves 'DDoS' attack by using US proxy
A source in IT industry unveiled that after the ICT Ministry's website faced DDoS attack by angry Internet useres, the ministry has found a way to handle overwhelming traffic.
The source said it was founded that the domain name system (DNS) of ICT Ministry’s website was changed to point to CloudFlare, US company that provides a content delivery network and distributed domain name server services, at IP 104.20.29.248.
DNS pointed at CloudFlare in order to filter traffics before send the traffics back to the MICT’s website.
“This is called reverse proxy technique,” said the source.
With this technique, it can help reduce numbers of [fake] traffic to the website. Fake traffic means the frequent requests from the same IP address in a shot period of time.
CloudFlare acts as a reverse proxy for [its customer] site that is able to filter and analyze traffic coming to [its customer] site. In addition to analyzing and filtering of traffic, CloudFlare also offers optional security features that can help mitigate attacks and content theft.
As a result, at around 1:28 am on October 1, some people can access MICT website, but some cannot.
