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.world
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    1 year ago

    I could a agree with the first part and it does not contradict with the idea of a distributed network for content saving. Think about it this way. Instead of one big local server farm you have multiple small local servers which together form a global network. Now we come to the blockchain. As you pointed out you get these tokens for the CDN time the storage or more generally the server operation costs. Of course the blockchain these tokens are hosted on (Solana) do have to be trustworthy (which in this case they may not be. I don’t like solana that much either). But does that mean that this could not be achieved? It seems logical to me that with a distributed storage and computing network something like this could be achieved very efficiently and cheaply. Heck I’m using a decentralized VPN right now that works with the same principles I mentioned. Or take the Helium network for example? Don’t you see the potential there? Like with all technology these things have to mature but with my understanding they are pretty much doable.

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      1 year ago

      Sure, its doable, but if we return to OP issue, is it available and usable now? If there’s a service provider I’d trust to do this, it’s CF, they have a good, solid product and they have not given a reason to doubt their business ethics yet.

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      1 year ago

      They exist sure, but as others have said, there’s still a lot of links in the chain to smooth out. And for a mission critical application like this you’ll always want to chose the most stable offering.

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        1 year ago

        That’s the first reasonable argument. That’s also why I said that we should stick with cloudflare for now but I’d love to see something more decentralized and open in the future.