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Blocking an abusive IP on Firebase hosting

Posted on 07-26-2024 12:37 PM
trends24in
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My static website hosted on Firebase hosting is being hit from a particular IP. It has been making close to ten requests per second continuously for at least past couple of months. This has more than doubled my networking cost.

I have reported it to the hosting provider who owns the abusive IP but haven't received a response.

What cost-effective options do I have on GCP to stop this abuse? 

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DamianS
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Hello @trends24in  ,Welcome on Google Cloud Community.

You can utilize Cloud Armor for restricting IPs with Global LB, which will be associated with your Firebase domain. 

Example: https://cloud.google.com/media-cdn/docs/security-policies#example-block-malicious

GLB: https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/https

SSL for GLB: https://medium.com/@reisfeld/wildthing-i-think-i-love-you-2caa32572d24

Info about Cloud Armor: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs/integrating-cloud-armor

Similar post: https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/General-Misc-Q-A/Firebase-hosting-with-Cloud-armor-policies-...

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