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Alternatively, you can use Cloudflare . However, Cloudflare's free service offers limited DDoS protection. You'll need to sign up for at least the Business plan to get Layer 7 DDoS protection, which costs around $200 per month.

For a detailed comparison between Sucuri and Cloudflare, see our Sucuri vs. Cloudflare article .

Note: Website Application Firewalls (WAFs), which run at the application layer, are less effective during a DDoS attack. They block traffic once it has already reached your web server, so it still impacts your website's overall performance.

Detecting whether it is a brute force or DDoS attack
Both brute force and DDoS attacks are heavy on server resources, so their symptoms look quite similar. Your website will slow down and may crash.

You can easily find out if it is a brute force attack or a list of austria cell phone number DDoS attack by looking at the Sucuri plugin login reports.

Simply install and activate the free Sucuri plugin and then go to the Sucuri Security ” Last Logins ” page .

Failed logins
If you see a large number of random login requests, it means that your wp-admin is under a brute force attack. To stop this, please read our guide on how to block brute force attacks in WordPress .

What to do in case of a DDoS attack?
DDoS attacks can occur even if you have a web application firewall and other protection mechanisms in place. Companies like CloudFlare and Sucuri regularly face these attacks, and you usually won't know about them because they can easily mitigate them.

However, in some cases, when these attacks are large, they can still impact you. In this case, it is best to be prepared to mitigate the problems that may arise during and after the DDoS attack.