SLB security configurations
Alibaba Cloud provides 5 GB of free basic DDoS protection. Server Load Balancer (SLB) also supports redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS for a more secure transport protocol.
TLS security policy:
SLB lets you configure HTTPS listeners with different TLS versions and their corresponding encryption algorithm suites. For more information, see Manage TLS policies.
HTTP to HTTPS redirection:
HTTPS is a secure, encrypted transport protocol. SLB supports redirecting HTTP traffic to HTTPS to help you deploy HTTPS across your entire site. The HTTP redirection feature is available in all regions. For more information about redirection configurations, see Redirect HTTP to HTTPS.
Basic DDoS protection:
Alibaba Cloud provides up to 5 GB of free basic DDoS protection for SLB.
All traffic from the internet passes through Alibaba Cloud Security before it reaches SLB. Alibaba Cloud Security scrubs the traffic to filter out common attacks. Basic DDoS Protection defends against DDoS attacks such as SYN floods, UDP floods, ACK floods, ICMP floods, and DNS floods. For more information about basic DDoS protection for SLB, see Basic DDoS Protection.