candyman337@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 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-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoit’s very concerning, but what are the alternatives?
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 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-up0·4 days agoI have to look into something like this, thanks for the resource
minus-squareZwrt@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoSomeone please give a serious answer please. My selfhosting gimmick is “no reliance on things outside my control”
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoMultiple instances gives redundancy
minus-square𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYou need to create your own Lemmy, with blackjack and hookers.
it’s very concerning, but what are the alternatives?
Fastly?
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
Someone please give a serious answer please.
My selfhosting gimmick is “no reliance on things outside my control”
Well, lemmy. That worked fine.
my lemmy was down
Multiple instances gives redundancy
You need to create your own Lemmy, with blackjack and hookers.