Project Galileo Offers DDoS Protection for Free Expression Online

CloudFlare on Thursday announced the launch of Project Galileo, a service designed to provide enterprise-grade protection against distributed denial of service attacks free of charge to certain sites, with the goal of protecting freedom of expression on the Internet. Such sites must be engaged in news gathering, civil society, or political or artistic speech; be subject to online attacks related to these functions; be not-for-profit organizations or SMBs; and must act in the broadly defined public interest.