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Please don't make the whole internet basically cloudflare. they've banned my VPN endpoint (Hetzner server) and as a result a huge chunk of websites already don'
by adtac 6y ago
Please don't make the whole internet basically cloudflare. they've banned my VPN endpoint (Hetzner server) and as a result a huge chunk of websites already don't work for me despite me having done nothing wrong. I've heard reports of Tor users being restricted as well.
- SteveNuts 6y agoOkay, any one of the other CDNs then. It seems like the bandwidth costs and equipment are prohibitively expensive for them. There must be a reason they don't use them which is what I want to know.
- dylz 6y agoAny of the other CDNs are absurdly prohibitively expensive, pay-per-GB, etc. And would still have to download from their source.
- judge2020 6y agoIt's more likely that website owners are blocking the ASNs of hosting providers since those are often used for content scraping and exploit type attacks [since they're cheap]. There are public and private lists of hosting provider ASNs you can use to block them all if you generally only want visitors with a business/residential IP.
- manquer 6y agoIt is usually nothing specific to your VPN setup or IP. It is mainly either for (D)DoS protection or Content Licensing related ( VPNs are easy way to bypass Geo-locked content). Many CDNs and services will allow you to access using only non commercial IP range
- mattl 6y agoSo many of the VPS companies have bots galore doing credit card attacks on smaller sites that it’s very easy and convenient to simply block those VPS providers.