Is there a technology that can limit traffic?
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What makes you think that your website is hacked?
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To limit access via http you can use .htaccess to block everything except your IP, eg
This could be useful if you think the hack only affects your web panel/CMS etc. This should only be a temporary measure until you have found the issue and fixed it, as it will be blocking all http traffic, including search engine spiders.
Code:
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from (your ip here)This could be useful if you think the hack only affects your web panel/CMS etc. This should only be a temporary measure until you have found the issue and fixed it, as it will be blocking all http traffic, including search engine spiders.
Zinavo Company
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Yes, technologies like traffic shaping, rate limiting, and firewalls can effectively control and limit network traffic. These tools help manage bandwidth, prevent overload, and enhance security on digital platforms.
Crypto_Man
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It's called DDOS attack. When your site is overwhelmed by a DDoS attack it means lots of bad traffic is hitting your servers all at once, starving out real visitors. The quickest way to stop it is to funnel your traffic through a DDoS protection service or content delivery network like Cloudflare or AWS Shield, which acts like a traffic cop keeping the bad requests out while letting genuine users through. You can also set up rate‑limiting rules on your web server or firewall so that if too many requests come from the same ip address, they get blocked automatically.
And to prevent future attacks it helps to spread your site’s hosting across multiple servers or regions so no single point can be knocked out, keep your server software and firewall rules up to date, and monitor your traffic patterns so you’ll be alerted the moment something unusual starts.
Hope this helps,
And to prevent future attacks it helps to spread your site’s hosting across multiple servers or regions so no single point can be knocked out, keep your server software and firewall rules up to date, and monitor your traffic patterns so you’ll be alerted the moment something unusual starts.
Hope this helps,
kaizer
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Technologies like Rate limiting, Firewall and Traffic shaping can control the traffic. Tools such as Cloudflare, AWS WAF, or iptables can enforce these limits based on IP, region, or request volume.
If you site is hacked Immediately take the site offline and reset all passwords.
Scan for malware, restore from a clean backup, and patch any security vulnerabilities.
If you site is hacked Immediately take the site offline and reset all passwords.
Scan for malware, restore from a clean backup, and patch any security vulnerabilities.
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technologies like rate limiting, firewalls, CDN traffic controls, and server throttling can limit or cap incoming traffic to protect a site or manage load.
