Why is Cloudflare so bad?
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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Youβre doing a great job so far. Thanks for the update.
Benefit of using Cloudflare CDN:
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Also, ping is now from 200-300 miliseconds to just between 50 and 60 (depending on your ISP):
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=56.2 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=60.2 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=55.8 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=58.9 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=60.6 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=60.5 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=60.1 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=55.0 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=60.0 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=61.4 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=59.3 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=58.5 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=56.0 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=60.6 ms
64 bytes from 172.67.218.212: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=58.7 ms
The bugs in Lemmy are such that you don't even need to touch a server for it to be vulnerable. Cloudflare does not defend against such mistakes. Other servers can trigger deep PostgreSQL logic problems within Lemmy. Growing pains, a lot of the federation code was never tested, and today's crash is due to a logic issue with lemmy_server mistakenly updating 1700 servers it knows of through federation for a delete instead of the 1 local server.
Thank you for your efforts, work and results. Those "attackers" only deserve disgust.
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I'm learning a lot by following lemmy.worlds actions. Appreciate the transparency!
now I'm convinced that that cunt spez paid those brats to sabotage us
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The more you attack a Lemmy instance, the more stronger it gets.
It's like tempering iron or steel.
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Script Kiddies are definetely some of the saddest people on the internet. If you're gonna be an unethical hacker at all, actually do it. Don't be a sissy.
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I wonder now with the semi-adversarial/semi-cooperative nature between lemmy instances, if wer'e not going to see more DDOS and other types of raids happening because a different instance has an ax to grind against yours. Say between you defederated them, or they consider your instance too big etc.
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ty for all ur hard work β₯οΈ
Maybe is that Reddit dude, jealous of Lemmy's increasing popularity.
It seems like you made this comment in jest, but I wouldn't say it's outside the realm of possibility. We can't fly off the handle and lob accusations absent any sort of proof, but it would hardly be the first example of a corporation targeting an up-and-coming disruptive service run by amateurs.
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Damn these script kiddies.. I don't like Cloudflare at all but it does its job well. It may just be my paranoia, but putting a single entity in control of so many websites seems dangerous. I think we have all learned about the intentions of big corporations. But hey, it's better than being taken down tbf.
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It's not ideal, but there's not a whole lot of options out there for DDoS mitigation.
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I joined July 1 for obvious reasons, I love it here.
I'm asking how many times has lemmy had to deal with these kinds of attacks prior to the "Date shall not be named"
Cause it kinda seems pretty coincidental for the amount of times I've been forced to be "offline" on this platform is gd laughable.
I thumbs up good content always.