Even more of a reason to
1 - have an account on multiple instances
2 - support multiple instances. Can't take everyone down at once!
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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First account: vlemmy.net - went down 2 days later Second account: lemmy.world - has been DDOSed twice and hacked once the week after making the account Third account: this one.
Which instance do you want me to tank next? Apparently I’m pretty good at it!
Do lemmygrad
Do I have to touch it :(
can't down everyone at once
Well not until the next catastrophic federation bug gets discovered and abused 💀
Federation will prevail! 🖖
Large instances need to get Cloudflare DDoS protection because it will only get worse.
This does wonders at keeping the instance up, but breaks the mobile apps and federation functionality sadly ☹️
Oh Damn. So the community still needs to figure it out...
My instance is using Cloudflare and has no issues with federation or mobile apps (I sent this reply with Connect).
Assuming a standard caching configuration, those services should not break under Cloudflare.
Sorry I should have been clearer in my original comment - the DDoS mitigation features of Cloudflare specifically affect the apps and federation, so as long as you aren't under attack it's business as usual
Ah fair enough, I think most would be fine with that compromise tbh