Dedicated server hosting can often be an insecure environment for your files – if you choose the wrong web host, that is. Make sure to pick a dedicated web host who has been in the industry, knows their products, and can support the security of your server 100% of the time.
One of the worst things any dedicated webmaster can hear is that you are having a DoS or DDoS attack.
But what is a DDoS attack?
DDoS stands for “distributed denial of service attack” and DoS stands for “denial of service attack”. Both of those mean about the same thing – it means someone is trying to bring your server down or make it unavailable over the internet. More often than not, this means they are malevolently attacking your machine to make sure no one can access the information properly.
Knowing how to prevent DDoS attacks isn’t quite enough – your dedicated web hosting provider should help you every step of the way and if you are attacked they need to be able to effectively communicate with you to see how best to resolve the attack. Knowing how to secure your dedicated server is very important.
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