Monday, December 18, 2017

Gladius - Decrease Load Times. Fight DDoS Attacks

Akhmad Rizky December 18, 2017 0 Comments

Hello everyone, today I am going to make an article about a project that I think this is one of the projects that have the potential to succeed. This project is called GLADIUS.

Decentralized CDN and DDoS Protection on the Blockchain

An automated marketplace where you can rent out your spare bandwidth and storage as well as purchase content delivery and DDoS protection services.

Gladius’ Mission

Since the dawn of the internet, the technology surrounding websites has been constantly evolving. With this new technology comes the power to enhance a business’ online presence but also harm it. Technology is truly the greatest double edged sword, however. Gladius’ mission is to negate the harm brought by new vulnerabilities and take advantage of the same style of decentralized network that attackers have long used. Gladius is concerned primarily with protection from DDoS attackers and the implementation of a high quality CDN.

While there are many who believe DDoS protection is only needed in very few circumstances, DDoS protection is important for any entity that has a presence on the internet. DDoS attacks have cost millions for household names like Blizzard Entertainment, the BBC, and GitHub. The average DDoS attack costs a company 2.5 million dollars.

The Gladius Solution

DDoS attacks are becoming an increasing reality of operating a business with an internet presence. These attacks can cost an incredible amount of money, not just in lost uptime, but also a loss of consumer trust and crisis PR. Last year alone DDoS attacks amounted to a $150 billion loss, while on average corporations can spend over $5000 a month on protection from other DDoS protection services, even if they never suffer an attack. This happens while a majority of computing power and bandwidth in the world goes unused. Gladius envisions a future where these vast resources can be utilized to mitigate attacks. (Incapsula and SecureList)

By leveraging the blockchain to allow communication between computers, and a pay as you go marketplace, Gladius can facilitate the creation of the extremely fault tolerant and inexpensive pools tailored to a client’s specific needs. Asside from just filtering traffic, these pools will be able to accelerate content as well.