12.06.2014, 01:38
There isn't much SA-MP can do to stop DDoS attacks (attacks coming from multiple IPs).
DDoS isn't blocked at the application level. It has to be blocked at the firewall/router level. This is true for any game server, or any service you run online; including web server, mail server etc.
SA-MP can address DoS attacks (from a single IP/player). Those are the sort of attacks that get fixed in the server updates.
It's possible SA-MP could make certain types of flood attacks more difficult by having several levels of verification. But in that case it just comes down to how determined the attacker is to flood the server. If they have access to a large botnet, it's likely they could disrupt your services without even targeting the SA-MP server port.
DDoS isn't blocked at the application level. It has to be blocked at the firewall/router level. This is true for any game server, or any service you run online; including web server, mail server etc.
SA-MP can address DoS attacks (from a single IP/player). Those are the sort of attacks that get fixed in the server updates.
It's possible SA-MP could make certain types of flood attacks more difficult by having several levels of verification. But in that case it just comes down to how determined the attacker is to flood the server. If they have access to a large botnet, it's likely they could disrupt your services without even targeting the SA-MP server port.