Introduction and Product Overview

Peter Hahn Updated by Peter Hahn

Blackholing is a mechanism to fight massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks aim to congest the physical connection between your router and DE-CIX.

To help you to mitigate the effects of DDoS attacks against your networks, DE-CIX offers blackholing in different variants. Availability of Blackholing Advanced (currently in beta state) might be limited, please check with your sales representative for details.

Product Overview

Blackholing

Blackholing Advanced  "Freemium"

Blackholing Advanced "Premium"

Selectivity

destination IP only

destination IP + specific DDoS filters

destination IP + specific DDoS filters

Filter Efficiency

~50% of attack traffic*

100% of attack traffic**

100% of attack traffic**

Supports Traffic Shaping

no

yes

yes

System Insights Service

no

yes

yes

Number of Filters

unpredictable, depends on peers

20

up to 100

Documentation

Blackholing Classic

Blackholing Advanced

Blackholing Advanced

How to activate?

enabled by default

Activate in customer portal

Activate in customer portal

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your sales representative.

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Blackholing Advanced

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