As far as I understand, my Google Cloud Functions are globally accessible. If I want to control access to them, I need to implement authorization as a part of the function itself. Say, I could use Bearer token based approach. This would protect the resources behind this function from unauthorized access.
However, since the function is available globally, it can still be DDoS-ed by a bad guy. If the attack is not as strong as Google's defence, my function/service may still be responsive. This is good. However, I don't want to pay for those function calls made by the party I didn't authorize to access the function. (Since the billing is per number of function invocations). That's why it's important for me to know whether Google Cloud Functions detect DDoS attacks and enable counter-measures before I'm being responsible for charges.
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