Understanding Firewalls & DDoS Protection
What Is a Web Application Firewall?
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) monitors and filters incoming traffic to your website, blocking malicious requests before they reach your server. Think of it as a security guard that checks every visitor at the door and turns away anyone who looks suspicious.
How Your Site Is Protected
InnerMedia sites benefit from multiple layers of firewall protection:
- Kinsta’s infrastructure — Built on Google Cloud Platform with enterprise-grade firewalls, automatic IP blocking for brute-force attempts, and hardware-level DDoS protection
- Cloudflare integration — Kinsta includes Cloudflare’s CDN and WAF, which filters malicious traffic globally before it reaches the server
- WordPress-level security — Plugins like Wordfence add application-layer protection, login attempt limiting, and real-time threat intelligence
- GeoIP blocking — We can block traffic from specific countries if your site is receiving targeted attacks from certain regions
What Is a DDoS Attack?
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack floods your website with so much fake traffic that legitimate visitors cannot get through. Kinsta’s infrastructure is designed to absorb and mitigate these attacks automatically.
Kinsta's Google Cloud infrastructure and Cloudflare integration provide enterprise-grade DDoS protection as standard. Most attacks are mitigated automatically without any action needed from you.
What You Should Do
In most cases, you do not need to do anything — the security infrastructure works silently in the background. However, if you notice your site is unusually slow, displaying error pages, or you receive suspicious emails, contact InnerMedia immediately.
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