Google announces 'Project Shield' help small sites ward off DDoS attacks
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 08:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —Google has announced a new initiative called Project Shield which the company describes as a program dedicated to helping smaller entities fend off Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. In particular, the company says, it's looking to help promote freedom of expression by assisting at-risk sites from going down due to DDoS attacks.