Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience.

Most of these ‘attacks’ are targeted at the database, but some are more ddos-like and can be mitigated by using a CDN. Some other Lemmy servers are using Cloudflare, so we know that works. Therefore we have chosen Cloudflare as CDN / DDOS protection platform for now. We will look into other options, but we needed something to be implemented asap.

For the other attacks, we are using them to investigate and implement measures like rate limiting etc.

        • PropaGandalf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Well for now we’ll have to stick around with cloudflare. I’d just would like to see something managed by a decentralized network. I don’t know if it exists, it’s more of a sentiment or a general idea.

          • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            I think the biggest problem with such services is that they require lots of money to run which means that any well-meaning effort will eventually end up becoming a commercial service.

            • PropaGandalf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              …and that’s where the blockchain comes in. This means that the individual contributions of the node operators can be directly recorded and compensated adequately.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I hope lemmy.world can avoid using Cloudflare which goes against the spirit of Fediverse as it’s just an objectively evil company.

      • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        There are thousands of reasons from centralizing internet, abusing their market power, implementing barriers on web automation that can only be bypassed by the priviledged to fingerprinting and tracking users across the whole internet. It’s a major for-profit market capture corporation - it’s evil by design.