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On the surface, this seems risky. CloudFare, which manages thousands of U.S. sites, hands over IP (and I assume source code) to a Chinese company. Pretty soon t
by rdlecler1 11y ago
On the surface, this seems risky. CloudFare, which manages thousands of U.S. sites, hands over IP (and I assume source code) to a Chinese company. Pretty soon the CCP comes knocking and uses that data in a way that may not be in the best interest of non-Chinese users. Moreover, if this becomes a large revenue source for CloudFare then the CCP is going to have additional leverage over them. Maybe next time, for instance, they don't deal with the DoS attack because China says not to interfere.
- rdl 11y agoThis was part of why it took four years to build. We put a lot of engineering and business effort into making sure both Chinese and US customers and their users would be safe. (Also, by "thousands", you mean 2000 thousand; it's over 2mm sites. And actually quite a bit over that, which will be announced soon...)
- eastdakota 11y agoA possibility we specifically discussed with our Board who all agreed if it ever came to that we'd walk away from the partnership.
- kevcampb 11y agoSurely it's going to be hard to maintain that position? Cloudflare have been involved in a number of projects in conflict with the CCP in recent years. One recent example: http://thenextweb.com/asia/2014/06/20/cloudflare-hong-kong-democracy-movement-battling-one-largest-ddos-attacks-history/ http://thenextweb.com/asia/2014/06/20/cloudflare-hong-kong-d... There's also Galileo which I'm sure supports a number of organisations which the party would take issue with. Would such initiatives be at risk?
- nailer 11y agoOn a related note, I've asked about how CF would effect egress filtering in the case of another Great Cannon attack elsewhere in the thread - I'd love an answer if you can provide one.