Sheild (DDOS Protection)
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What is
DDOS
WAF vs Sheild
Levels of Protection
| Level | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Standard |
It automatically protects all AWS customers at no cost. This uses variety of analysis techniques to detect malicious traffic in real time and automatically mitigates it. |
| Advanced (Paid Service) |
Provides detailed attack diagnostics, detects and mitigate
sophisticated DDoS attacks It integrates with other services eg(Amazon CloudFront, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing). We can integrate AWS Shield with AWS WAF by writing custom rules to mitigate complex DDoS attacks. |