and other advanced network dedicated lines. Overall, Singapore has become the core node for the global gaming industry to resist DDoS attacks with its geographical location as an Asian hub and mature network infrastructure. Its value lies not only in low-latency access, but also in the construction of a technical system that integrates network optimization, attack defense, and data security, providing full life cycle protection for gaming services.
1. Strategic location and network architecture advantages
Singapore is located in the core of Southeast Asia and is connected to the world through submarine optical cable hubs (such as SEAMEWE 3 and APCN). The average delay to mainland China is stable at 5090ms, and the delay to Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia is less than 30ms. Its network architecture has three characteristics: multi-operator integrated computer rooms are directly connected to Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), PCCW and China Telecom CN2 premium lines, realizing the interconnection of three networks and avoiding single-line congestion. The redundant backbone design adopts a full ring topology, which automatically switches to the backup path when a single line fails, ensuring a 99.98% network connectivity rate. The filing-free policy does not require tedious review and supports the rapid launch and elastic expansion of gaming services.
II. Anti-DDoS defense technology system
Traffic cleaning architecture
The Singapore node adopts a distributed cleaning center model:
1. Edge detection layer: deployed at the network entrance, using BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) to analyze traffic characteristics in real time and identify attacks such as SYN Flood and UDP reflection within 5 seconds.
2. Intelligent filtering engine: based on machine learning, it distinguishes normal players from malicious traffic, with a false blocking rate of less than 0.02%. Optimize filtering rules for game protocols (such as TCP long connections) to ensure that combat commands are given priority.
3. T-level bandwidth reserve: The cleaning capacity of a single node reaches 20G1Tbps, and the cluster can be expanded to more than 2Tbps, which can calmly deal with attacks of hundreds of G levels.
Hidden and reinforcement technology
IP obfuscation mechanism: through CDN node transfer, dynamically replace the real IP of the game server to block hackers from directly scanning.
Double-layer encryption: The transport layer forces TLS 1.3, and the application layer adds dynamic key signatures to game data packets to prevent plug-in tampering.
III. Key criteria for selecting computer rooms
The defense level needs to verify whether the cleaning capacity covers the business peak (recommended ≥300Gbps) and supports elastic upgrades. For line quality, CN2 GIA direct-connected computer rooms are preferred. Compared with ordinary BGP lines, the packet loss rate to mainland China is reduced by 90%. In terms of certification completeness, the computer room must pass Tier III+ certification and be equipped with earthquake-resistant structure, dual-circuit power supply and liquid cooling system to ensure continuous operation of hardware.
The judgment of operation and maintenance response capability mainly depends on whether the IDC has an on-site team. 7×24-hour technical support is required, and the hardware failure response time is ≤15 minutes. There should be visual monitoring in the computer room: provide a real-time traffic dashboard to track attack types, bandwidth usage and cleaning effects.
IV. Special optimization of game scenarios
In terms of low latency guarantee, we can start with protocol optimization, reconstruct game data transmission based on the QUIC protocol, and compress the reconnection time from 3 seconds to 0.5 seconds in a weak network environment; cooperate with intelligent routing, and dynamically allocate nodes based on the player's geographical location-users in mainland China access the CN2 line, and users in Southeast Asia directly connect to local POP points.
The game scene also needs high concurrency support. Through resource isolation, independent resource pools are divided for game logic servers, databases, and voice services to prevent DDoS attacks from affecting core businesses. There is also no sense of expansion. When the number of connections surges due to CC attacks, the session processing nodes are automatically expanded, and a single cluster can carry millions of concurrency.
V. Deployment and implementation strategy
In the architecture layering, the front-end access layer deploys Singapore high-defense nodes to handle player connections, the logic computing layer is placed in the private cloud to prevent sensitive code leakage, and the data storage layer uses off-site backup (such as Hong Kong) to achieve disaster recovery. In attack and defense drills, it is necessary to regularly simulate mixed attacks (DDoS+CC) of more than 200G to verify the effectiveness of the cleaning strategy, and also to stress test the pressure bearing capacity of the API interface to ensure matching activity peaks.
The Singapore game node has become a strategic location for Asian game business through the advantages of geographical hubs + depth of defense technology + protocol-level optimization. When hundreds of G-level attacks are cleaned at the millisecond level, when Southeast Asian players get a smooth experience that is no different from local ones - its value has surpassed the infrastructure itself and has become the core fulcrum of the global operation of games. As attack methods continue to escalate, choosing Singapore is not only about choosing low latency, but also about choosing a complete survival system covering network, security, and operation and maintenance.
