candyman337@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoCloudflare went down today and took half of the internet with it. How does one company have that much impact? Do you think that's concerning?message-squaremessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down18
arrow-up1366arrow-down1message-squareCloudflare went down today and took half of the internet with it. How does one company have that much impact? Do you think that's concerning?candyman337@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square86linkfedilink
minus-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 days agoit’s very concerning, but what are the alternatives?
minus-squareZwrt@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoSomeone please give a serious answer please. My selfhosting gimmick is “no reliance on things outside my control”
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoWhile some of the things that Cloudflare do are only possible through their massive scale, they also do a lot of things that are perfectly fine to do successfully also on a smaller scale. For one example of one such thing, see: https://dev.to/carrie_luo1/how-i-replaced-cloudflare-waf-with-an-open-source-self-hosted-alternative-2k1h
minus-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoI have to look into something like this, thanks for the resource
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 days agoWell, lemmy. That worked fine.
minus-square𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoYou need to create your own Lemmy, with blackjack and hookers.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoMultiple instances gives redundancy
it’s very concerning, but what are the alternatives?
Someone please give a serious answer please.
My selfhosting gimmick is “no reliance on things outside my control”
While some of the things that Cloudflare do are only possible through their massive scale, they also do a lot of things that are perfectly fine to do successfully also on a smaller scale.
For one example of one such thing, see:
https://dev.to/carrie_luo1/how-i-replaced-cloudflare-waf-with-an-open-source-self-hosted-alternative-2k1h
I have to look into something like this, thanks for the resource
Fastly?
Well, lemmy. That worked fine.
my lemmy was down
You need to create your own Lemmy, with blackjack and hookers.
Multiple instances gives redundancy