The best protection for your esports and online gaming
The online gaming and eSports industry is growing at a very fast pace thanks to the high performance hardware available on the mobile, PC and server side. With this trend, there is an increasing amount of security threats, especially (DDoS) attacks launched against the online gaming industry. Use Anti DDoS Game Protection to combat cyberattacks and focus on running your gaming business the way you want. No more wasting time with cybercrime! Anti DDoS Game protection is an integral part of our Game servers series and integrates well with our overall Anti-DDoS Infrastructure system that protects our entire product portfolio.
Secure your brand
Minimize downtime, secure community rankings and increase brand awareness. Maintain the quality level of your services. Defend against cybercrime.
Simple and effective protection
No advanced skills are required to enable protection. Just provide us with the port you want your game server to be protected on.
Protect your game resources
Anti DDoS Game Protection is a network security solution that works from the first bad packet, you no longer need to over-ruggedize your infrastructure to handle game app attacks.
Product features
Anti-DDoS consists of the following:
- Always-on intrusion detection and mitigation guarantee flicker-free for sensitive gaming applications.
- Ultra-fast protection – filtering works from the first harmful packet
- Unmetered – whatever the volume of the attack, we will mitigate it at no additional cost!
- Unlimited Time – no matter how long an attack lasts, we will protect you against different types of attacks
- It’s simple to use – just specify the port and the game and go!
- Complete trust and data freedom – we do not share your traffic with external parties or analyze any bytes more than absolutely necessary
- High performance for stability – we use the best hardware and develop specialized software solutions to deliver stability after the biggest attacks
List of protected games and apps
| Game Protection | Game Protocol / Version |
| Ark | ARK: Survival Evolved |
| Arma | Arma II, III |
| GTA Multi Theft Auto SA | Multi Theft Auto San Andreas (MTA: SA) |
| GTA SA MP | Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Multiplayer (SA: MP) |
| HalfLife (Quake Engine) / Source | Half-Life, Half-Life Deathmatch Classic, Team Fortress Classic, Counter Strike 1.6, Day of Defeat |
| Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike: Source, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Day of Defeat: Source, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Garry’s Mod | |
| Minecraft Pocket Edition | Minecraft Pocket Edition |
| Minecraft Query | Minecraft Query |
| Minecraft Java | Minecraft Java edition is protected on general Anti-DDoS Infrastructure |
| Mumble | Mumble |
| Rust | Rust |
| TeamSpeak 2 | TeamSpeak 2 |
| TeamSpeak 3 | TeamSpeak 3 |
| Trackmania/Shootmania | TrackMania (incl. TCP), TrackMania 2 (incl. TCP), ShootMania Storm (incl. TCP) |
DDoS attack in the gaming world
The online gaming and Esports sector is one of the main targets of cyberattacks. These platforms are often very sensitive to network conditions, so they need a stable network connection because connection weakening can render them unusable or even cause a complete outage. Also, a better quality of service means a higher rank in gaming communities. On the other hand, it is very easy to buy a DDoS attack and disrupt or even shut down someone’s business. We have built a strong security infrastructure against such attacks.
As a result, it is very important for hosting platforms to keep the server’s IP address constantly protected against threats. DDoS attacks often exploit connectionless mode (UDP), a network layer protocol commonly used by video games and audio servers for fast data transfer.
To combat these large and frequent threats, we developed a service that is always on, close to the game service and leverages incredibly fast hardware. The game application understands their status (connecting with active game or authentication phase) and can distinguish legitimate players from bad traffic. Game quality is preserved.
Two-way reduction for best quality
For each type of attack detected, a specialized solution was developed, placed as close as possible to the servers and directly integrated with specialized protection hardware. One of our most important innovations is a platform that analyzes incoming and outgoing traffic. It can very accurately identify legitimate requests and understand which player is at which stage of the game. It can also distinguish real players from malicious attacks on the server from the very first network packets!
Anti-DDoS Infrastructure mostly protects network layers from general threats (L3-L4, TCP/IP), while Anti DDoS Game Protection plays the role of deep analysis and shielding for protocols carried over this network (usually using UDP). These two systems are tightly linked for the best possible protection.
High Quality Reliable Service