# DDoS Protection

### Features

LayerStack’s [20Gbps DDoS Attack Protection](https://www.layerstack.com/ddos-protection) diverts volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks – a type of malicious attempt that overwhelms a server or online service – and protects your cloud server.

DDoS Attack Protection automatically redirects DDoS attack traffic to our scrubbing center and allows only clean traffic to enter your server, mitigating the business-impairing attack and preventing service outage or the loss of crucial business data.

DDoS Attack Protection will be activated automatically during attacks without any effort on your end. Simply click the button and get protected.

#### Which Layers will be Covered by DDoS Attack Protection?

[DDoS Attack Protection](https://www.layerstack.com/ddos-protection) defends against the following types of DDoS attacks.

* Layer 3, or the Network layer, also known as Smurf Attacks, ICMP Floods, and IP/ICMP Fragmentation.
* Layer 4, or the Transport layer, including SYN Floods, UDP Floods, and TCP Connection Exhaustion.
* Layer 7, or the Application layer, mainly HTTP-encrypted attacks.

### Regional Availability

[DDoS Attack Protection](https://www.layerstack.com/ddos-protection) is currently available in the **Hong Kong region** only.

### Role Permissions

| ROLE           |                                PERMISSIONS                                |
| -------------- | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------: |
| Owner          | Purchase DDoS Attack Protection, Terminate DDoS Attack Protection service |
| Member         |                               Not Available                               |
| Billing Member |                               Not Available                               |
| Billing Admin  |                               Not Available                               |

### Limits

* Traffic mitigation is based on the source IP address location.

### Quick Start Guide <a href="#guide" id="guide"></a>

[Activate DDoS Attack Protection](/product-docs/quickstart/activate-ddos-attack-protection.md)

### Related Tutorial <a href="#tutorial" id="tutorial"></a>

* [How to configure the IP Address used for DDoS Attack Protection in Cloud Servers](https://www.layerstack.com/resources/tutorials/How-to-configure-the-static-ip-address-for-Cloud-Servers)


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