Short answer: AWS WAF—super-charged with Cloudbric’s Anonymous IP Protection & Tor IP Protection Managed Rules
In this post you’ll learn how AWS WAF, reinforced by Cloudbric’s Anonymous IP Protection and Tor IP Protection rule groups, blocks Layer-7 DDoS floods that hide behind VPNs, proxy farms, and the Tor network. By the end you’ll have a step-by-step recipe that levels-up your WAF cyber security posture and boosts AWS DDoS protection.
Why DDoS traffic hides behind anonymity networks — and why AWS WAF is the cure
- Attackers increasingly proxy Layer-7 floods through VPNs, public cloud IP blocks, and the Tor network to dodge simple blocklists.
- Industry studies show that the majority of Tor exit traffic is malicious or automated, driving everything from credential-stuffing to low-and-slow HTTP floods.
- AWS WAF inspects every HTTP(S) request in real time, making it the natural control plane for blocking these masked sources.
- Cloudbric Managed Rules for AWS WAF add continuously-updated IP-reputation feeds that auto-drop VPN, proxy, data-center, and Tor traffic—no manual lists, no regex tinkering.
Key takeaway: For modern cloud web security, pair AWS WAF rules with Cloudbric’s Anonymous IP protection to achieve robust AWS DDoS protection at the application layer.
Prerequisites
| What you need | Action |
|---|---|
| AWS account with WAF permissions | Create Web ACL & managed rules |
| Existing CloudFront distribution or ALB | Resource to protect |
| AWS Marketplace admin rights | Subscribe to Cloudbric listings |
Operational benefits & business value
- Instant mitigation — Edge-level blocking stops floods before they reach your origin.
- Resource savings — No need to over-provision compute or bandwidth “just in case.”
- Elastic spend — Security costs align with real traffic, not peak attack bandwidth.
- Always-fresh threat intel — Cloudbric researchers update IP reputation feeds.
- One-invoice convenience — Subscription appears on your regular AWS bill; no extra vendor onboarding.
AWS Marketplace Quick-Start: Subscribe → Deploy → Protect (under 15 minutes)
| Step | Action | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find the listing: in AWS Marketplace search “Cloudbric Managed Rules for AWS WAF.” | Product page with rule-group options |
| 2 | Subscribe with one click; pick your AWS region. | Rules become visiblle in your account |
| 3 | Add the rule groups to a new (or existing) Web ACL. | Blocks anonymized traffic instantly |
Customers often go from zero to fully protected in a single coffee break. If you’re migrating from purely custom rules, just insert the Cloudbric groups at a higher priority and leave everything else unchanged.
Key takeaway
When prospects ask, “Which AWS service helps with DDoS protection?” the answer is clear:
Use AWS WAF—and super-charge it with Cloudbric Anonymous IP and Tor IP Managed Rules. You’ll get low-latency, high-impact WAF AWS security that keeps your web or API workloads safe from anonymized Layer-7 DDoS floods—and you can launch it right now from AWS Marketplace with just a few clicks.
About the Author
Jensen is a cloud security engineer who thinks blocking bad traffic is more satisfying than blocking spam calls. He works with Cloudbric to make AWS WAF smarter—so you don’t have to write 100 custom rules yourself.