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Wikipedia Moves to CloudFlare

15 pointsby J_ttover 5 years ago

5 comments

exabrialover 5 years ago
I really hope cloudflare doesn&#x27;t go the way of a Google.<p>At one point they were benevolent dictators, and we the subjects enjoy being oppressed.<p>Now with the virtual signaling, rotted business ethics, 0 support available, and tone deaf corporate decisions, we put them into a place of power only to have it used against us.
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jacekmover 5 years ago
This is interesting. I was wondering yesterday why Wikipedia does not use CloudFlare or some other CDN, but then I thought that cost would be enormous. It also crossed my mind that CF could sponsor the service, but then again - even they may not afford paying for the traffic for one of the world&#x27;s most popular websites.<p>I am curious how this will unfold. Thank you Mr Prince and CloudFlare for your support. I am keeping my fingers crossed so this cooperation, in whatever form, is successful.
xgappover 5 years ago
And another one bites the dust, increasing the monoculture of the web. Let&#x27;s also not forget Firefox is going to enable DoH by default too, sending all our DNS queries to CloudFlare.<p>I don&#x27;t know, I just think people should be much more concerned about this.
rcaughtover 5 years ago
&gt; helping us roll onto a new service offering of theirs that was barely yet in the wild<p>So something more than DDOS protection and CDN?
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wowanameover 5 years ago
CF cannot handle extremely large attacks either; what makes this a more suitable solution than what they&#x27;re currently using?<p>Edit: and before anyone downvotes me, understand that I am asking an earnest question. I don&#x27;t know what Wikimedia currently uses to protect their infrastructure, and how it compares to Cloudflare.