<story><title>AWS Shield – Managed DDoS Protection</title><url>https://aws.amazon.com/shield/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Rapzid</author><text>I have a lot of questions&amp;#x2F;problems with this. Here are two.&lt;p&gt;1.) They mention in the compare tiers &amp;quot;Application traffic monitoring&amp;quot; for Advanced. However in the FAQ: &amp;quot;In addition, customers can also use AWS WAF to protect against Application layer attacks&amp;quot;. WAF is only available through CloudFront, and CloudFront charges 600 dollars a month for a custom SSL certificate with dedicated IP.&lt;p&gt;So do they have &amp;quot;Application traffic monitoring&amp;quot; outside of WAF? I&amp;#x27;m lead to believe not.&lt;p&gt;2.) They mentioned multiple times you can call on the DRT team to help you. However buried in the FAQ is this little gem: &amp;quot;Response times for DRT depends on the AWS Support plan you are subscribed to&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;So for 3k&amp;#x2F;mo I can&amp;#x27;t get better than 24&amp;#x2F;hr turnaround when I&amp;#x27;m under attack without ALSO having a business&amp;#x2F;enterprise support plan?</text></comment>
<story><title>AWS Shield – Managed DDoS Protection</title><url>https://aws.amazon.com/shield/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jedberg</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been saying for years that AWS has secret DDOS protection.  Never confirmed, but I&amp;#x27;m pretty sure the basic level is just them admitting that they&amp;#x27;ve always had that service.</text></comment>