Protecting game servers from DDoS attacks with Amazon GameLift Servers
AWS for Games Blog
This article explains two DDoS protection options available with Amazon GameLift Servers to defend game servers from distributed denial of service attacks.
- Enhanced DDoS Protection provides automatic rate limiting and AWS Shield integration at no cost with zero integration effort
- Player Gateway uses UDP proxies with per-token validation to differentiate legitimate player traffic from attacks
- Player Gateway requires integration with the GetPlayerConnectionDetails API and hides game server endpoints from attackers
- Enhanced DDoS Protection may allow some packet loss during heavy attacks, while Player Gateway isolates players from each other's attackers
- Both options are fully managed and available at no additional cost to GameLift users
Game developers can choose between automatic protection or stronger traffic-aware defense based on their security needs and integration capacity.
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