Choosing a VPS Hosting provider
Are you looking for a privacy-focused hosting provider that provides DDoS protection to host your website? Today, we’ll give some suggestions.
For maximum privacy, you’re going to want to host your website somewhere in the EU. If you require a great amount of DDoS Protection for your website, we highly recommend OVH and BuyVM. Key disclosure laws do not apply in Germany, so we recommend picking Germany as your location (for OVH) or Luxembourg (when using BuyVM). OVH Provides over 10 terabytes per second of DDoS Mitigation, their support is friendly, and their VPSs are KVM-based. Additionally, their deals are good, and if you are on a tight budget they provide .ovh domain names for ~$3 per year.
BuyVM provides a similar deal. They refer to their VPS’s as “KVM Slices”, but it’s basically no different than a VPS, aside from the fact that they are very fast. As the name suggests, their VPS’s are also KVM-based, which is a good thing. BuyVM does provide DDoS protection (approx 3.5 terabytes per second) for an additional $3.00/month but it is not as strong as OVH’s, since OVH has a larger network. BuyVM clearly stated that they support free speech and are big on privacy, making them a perfect choice. BuyVM does not give a damn as to what you host on your KVM Slice, as long as it isn’t illegal in the country the server resides in. They also are very friendly towards customers who would like to host Tor-related stuff like Tor Exit Nodes. For maximum privacy, BuyVM’s Luxembourg location is recommended.
If you are receiving an extremely large DDoS attack (HTTP Flood) causing your website to go offline, we recommend the following software/providers:
◉ BuyVM (for server hosting)
◉ Bunkerized Nginx Web Server
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◉ BotGuard (bot protection)
◉ CloudFlare (a proxy that hides your server IP & mitigates HTTP floods)
◉ IPTables Firewall Configuration (do this yourself, or refer to this)
◉ Fail2ban (intrusion prevention software)
With these six providers/applications, you will be very well protected against transport-level and HTTP Flood DDoS attacks. If you’re somehow still receiving attacks that cause your website to go offline, even with all of the software/providers listed above, you may need to consider multiple enterprise solutions, such as:
◉ Microsoft Azure Platform (for VPS)
◉ CloudFlare Pro/Enterprise Plan (enhanced DDoS mitigation & security)
Thank you for taking the time to read this article, and we hope you have a great day.
