SecurityLayer L3On-fabric

Blackholing

Real-time DDoS mitigation at the exchange edge.

Overview

AIUSAIX Blackholing lets participants surgically discard malicious traffic destined for a target IP at the fabric level. Using well-known BGP communities (such as RFC 7999 / 65535:666), customers signal peers to drop traffic upstream — stopping volumetric DDoS floods before they exhaust transit links or saturate edge routers. The service is available on every GlobePEER session and includes per-route telemetry.

Capabilities

DDoS MitigationBGP CommunitiesRPKIReal-time TelemetryMulti-region

Use cases

Mitigate volumetric DDoS floods targeting customer infrastructure
Protect specific /32 IPv4 or /128 IPv6 targets without blackholing entire prefixes
Coordinate cross-fabric mitigation for multi-region attacks
Reduce transit overage costs during sustained attacks

Key benefits

Sub-second propagation across the AIUSAIX fabric

No additional port or contract — included with peering

Granular per-prefix or per-host targeting

Real-time telemetry of dropped traffic volumes

Pricing & Tiers

Choose the Blackholing tier that fits your network.

Transparent published rates. All tiers ship with the same 99.99% SLA and 24x7 NOC.

Standard

Includedwith any peering port

Sub-second propagation
Per-host targeting
Basic telemetry

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Blackholing questions, answered.

Will blackholing affect legitimate traffic?+

No — blackholing is scoped to the specific /32 or /128 you signal. Traffic to other addresses in your prefix is unaffected.

How fast does blackholing take effect?+

Routes propagate across the AIUSAIX fabric in under one second once the BGP community is advertised.

What SLA do you offer?+

All AIUSAIX services carry a 99.99% availability SLA with credits for downtime. Latency and packet-loss targets are documented per-metro in your contract.

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