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This has been done for decades - long before HTTP took over as the standard we had sites like ftp.cdrom.com and ftp.kernel.org. Usually this is done by using a
by pridkett 6y ago
This has been done for decades - long before HTTP took over as the standard we had sites like ftp.cdrom.com and ftp.kernel.org. Usually this is done by using a DNS that either is localized to your or round robin DNS. There were many times when I remember logging into ftp.kernel.org and being surprised that I was connected to a server in Finland, Europe, or Japan. Wasn’t the smartest thing, but with more advanced DNS services, it certainly seems possible.
- tinus_hn 6y agoYeah it’s not difficult to implement. The question is, are there offerings that are as easy to set up like Cloudflare? If you implement it yourself you still have to set up geographically distributed servers and a syncing system, as opposed to registering an account and changing a pointer in DNS.