Cloudfare to offer DDoS attack protection

The Project Galileo website, A project launched by CloudFlare, allows organizations engaged in news gathering, civil society and political or artistic speech to use the company’s distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection technology for free.

“If a website participating in Project Galileo comes under attack, CloudFlare will extend full protection to ensure the site stays online—no matter its location, no matter its content.”

Participants include minority rights organizations, LGBT rights organizations in Africa and the Middle East, global citizen journalist sites, and independent media outlets in the developing world.

There are certain conditions to be accepted: websites need to be engaged in news gathering, civil society, or political/artistic speech. Subject to online attacks as a result of those activities. Be a non-profit organizations or small commercial entities and to act in the public interest.