Why Mitigation Is a Different Problem Than Prevention Most people talk about stopping DDoS attacks as if it were a single switch you flip on. In reality, there is no way to prevent someone from sending traffic at your website. Anyone with an internet connection can try.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/ddos_expert/inside-ddos-mitigation-the-methods-and-tools-that-keep-modern-websites-online-5900)