Post by @fwaggle@moodoo.org

2026-09-24 21:54 UTC

@tomw@mastodon.social @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange Yes, this is one of the things that many anti-CloudFlare folks often don't seem to get - there's no one else out there that does what they do. They're a dogshit company led by dogshit people, but they will eat a giant DDoS and laugh about it for free while everyone else will charge you hundreds of dollars a month if they can even successfully mitigate it. Is it sustainable? Probably not, but for the time being they're basically it and that sucks.

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@Epic_Null@infosec.exchange 2026-09-26 20:46

@fwaggle@moodoo.org @tomw@mastodon.social @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange From what I understand, a lot of the anger comes from DDOSers using Cloudflare as protection.

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@drgroftehauge@sigmoid.social 2026-09-25 05:46

@fwaggle@moodoo.org @tomw@mastodon.social @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange What's wrong with Fastly?

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@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com 2026-09-25 12:33

@fwaggle@moodoo.org @tomw@mastodon.social @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange >2051Mbit/second of traffic >DDoS What kind of garbage pipes does Linode use? clownfed will eat their own DDoS, yes (plus they also don't care about piddly amounts of DDoS from others, as it doesn't increase their transfer bills - but if a site is getting significant DDoS long term, you must pay thousands of dollars a month or you will be cut off). I personally would be redirecting DDoS traffic to the NSA or whatever (the slop should accept the 301) and let the the NSA send the glowies.

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@Zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith 2026-09-25 12:35

@fwaggle@moodoo.org @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange @tomw@mastodon.social >there's no one else out there that does what they do Not true, Let's Encrypt are running an equally successful protection racket.

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