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LiveG Posted November 1 Posted November 1 (edited) Hello, One main reason I want to move to the cloud is the security protection. Which type of security is IPB clouds using to protect servers? What kind of proxy, for example? Do you guarantee 24/7 protection from DDOS and other malicious sources? Edited November 1 by LiveG
Jim M Posted November 1 Posted November 1 We utilize the latest best practice security techniques in an enterprise grade WAF protection. Our Cloud team is constantly evaluating and analyzing our current infrastructure and new best practices to continue to ensure we give our customers the best protection. If you have specific questions, we can get you in touch with our Sales and Cloud team. Feneroin 1
LiveG Posted November 4 Author Posted November 4 (edited) My self-hosted forum is protected via Cloudflare, which takes control of the DNS. But my site keeps crashing because attackers direct the attack directly to my server IP.(I have no firewall) Does moving to ipb cloud solve for me this iisue? @Jim M Edited November 4 by LiveG
Jim M Posted November 4 Posted November 4 3 minutes ago, LiveG said: My self-hosted forum is protected via Cloudflare, which takes control of the DNS. But my site keeps crashing because attackers direct the attack directly to my server IP.(I have no firewall) Does moving to ipb cloud solve for me this iisue? @Jim M We have DDoS protection built in. LiveG 1
Jim M Posted November 4 Posted November 4 2 minutes ago, LiveG said: And you provide Firewall services? On 11/1/2024 at 10:26 AM, Jim M said: We utilize the latest best practice security techniques in an enterprise grade WAF protection. WAF managed by us is provided, yes.
LiveG Posted November 4 Author Posted November 4 WAF is a layer 7 firewall protection, what about layer 3-4?
Jim M Posted November 4 Posted November 4 Just now, LiveG said: WAF is a layer 7 firewall protection, what about layer 3-4? We have our own internal firewall protection. Everything is managed. You do not need to worry about it. On 11/1/2024 at 10:26 AM, Jim M said: If you have specific questions, we can get you in touch with our Sales and Cloud team.
Randy Calvert Posted November 4 Posted November 4 (edited) 1 hour ago, LiveG said: WAF is a layer 7 firewall protection, what about layer 3-4? Layer 3/4 would be the network and transport layers, which would be the DDoS protection. Edited November 4 by Randy Calvert
Marc Posted November 5 Posted November 5 It would actually be worth thinking of it another way here On 11/1/2024 at 2:20 PM, LiveG said: One main reason I want to move to the cloud is the security protection. The idea really isn't that you get the 'security protection', but more that its not something you have to think about. We take care of that. We adjust existing protections are needed, add new where needed etc. You quite simply, just leave that to us. The only security you should have to think about yourself is your sites setup, such as who has admin permissions, what captchas you use, your password policy etc. Anything server or network side is "You deal with it" 🙂
LiveG Posted November 5 Author Posted November 5 (edited) Great. Thank you. My current forum version is Invision Community v4.7.17. When shifting to the cloud, can I remain on this version and keep controlling the upgrades manually? Will every 3d party app run perfectly on my self-host server will keep running on the cloud? Thanks. Edited November 5 by LiveG
LiveG Posted November 5 Author Posted November 5 I will explain a little bit more clearly my second question Could this be a scenario where a third-party app will run on the self-host but not on the cloud?
Marc Posted November 5 Posted November 5 When you move to our cloud environment, you would be upgraded to the latest release of the platform. From that point on, you would then upgrade using the ACP as you do currently. In terms of 3rd party items, you would need to speak to the individual authors. We have had items that will not run on cloud, although it doesnt tend to be many at all. But we cannot answer for certain as we have not written those items. Only the authors would know that
Randy Calvert Posted November 5 Posted November 5 As someone who moved to cloud in Oct 23 (a little over a year ago), I did not have any issues with the 3rd party resources that my community used. It was a very smooth process and it's been nice not having to worry about the "rest of the stack". Marc 1
Management Matt Posted November 6 Management Posted November 6 On 11/4/2024 at 5:57 PM, LiveG said: My self-hosted forum is protected via Cloudflare, which takes control of the DNS. But my site keeps crashing because attackers direct the attack directly to my server IP.(I have no firewall) Does moving to ipb cloud solve for me this iisue? @Jim M It's worth contacting sales so we can get a better idea of what attacks you find yourself receiving. We do have WAF and traffic scrubbing but we'd have to be careful about taking on a site that is known for attracting DDoS attacks.
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