{"id":611,"date":"2023-10-25T10:16:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/10\/25\/8512979-hostinger-cdn-the-under-attack-mode\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:17:32","slug":"8512979-hostinger-cdn-the-under-attack-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8512979-hostinger-cdn-the-under-attack-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger CDN: The Under Attack mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m under attack&rdquo;<\/b> mode is an advanced security level in <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/7935917-hostinger-cdn-website-optimization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger Content Delivery Network<\/a>. It enables the browser challenge page for your website visitors, which helps fight DDoS attacks.<\/p><p><strong>NOTE<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>Under Attack mode is not available on Agency Hosting plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-enable-under-attack-mode\">Enable Under Attack Mode<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To use this mode, follow these steps:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Navigate to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a><\/b> section of Hostinger dashboard, find your website, and click on<b> Dashboard <\/b>next to it. Then, in the sidebar, search for <b>CDN <\/b>and click on it.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_08-28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_08-28.png 266w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_08-28-120x300.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Check if the CDN is active &ndash; if not, enable it &ndash; and click on <b>Manage<\/b> to access more settings:<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_09-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1132\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_09-21.png 1132w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_09-21-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_09-21-1024x355.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_09-21-768x266.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1132px) 100vw, 1132px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go to the <b>Security<\/b> tab, on the drop down click<b> I&rsquo;m under attack<\/b> to enable it:&#8203;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_08-30_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1134\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_08-30_1.png 1134w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_08-30_1-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_08-30_1-1024x618.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-20_08-30_1-768x463.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1134px) 100vw, 1134px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">As long as the under attack mode is enabled, when anyone attempts to access your website online, they&rsquo;ll get a page with the following message:<i> &ldquo;Checking your browser before accessing. Just a moment&hellip;<\/i>&ldquo;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/73bd9e66-566a-4198-8677-68187cfa29ab.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger CDN browser check loading screen with spinning progress ring\" width=\"500\" data-media-id=\"2775\"><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The &ldquo;Under Attack&rdquo; mode temporarily blocks search engine bots, which may result in your site not being indexed during this period. To ensure continued indexing,<b> it is recommended to disable &ldquo;Under Attack&rdquo; mode as soon as the threat is resolved<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to enable the \u201cI&#8217;m under attack\u201d mode with Hostinger Content Delivery Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cdn"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8512979-hostinger-cdn-the-under-attack-mode\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18220,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/18220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}