AWS Shield¶

TLDR¶

Protect your ressources from DDOS Attacks.

Features¶

• is enabled by default with no additional cost
• SYN UDP Floods, Refelction attcks or other layer3 and layer4 attacks

AWS Shield Advanced¶

• optional paid service
• pay per organisation
• works for EC2, ELB, Cloudfront, GlobalAccelerator and Route53
• 24/7 AWS DDOS Support Team
• 3k per month cost
• no higher fees due to ddos fees are nulled (dont pay for increased traffic)
• automaticly deploys state of the art WAF rules