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Because the middle man does stuff for you like emergent OS patching, secure log handling, request routing, TLS termination and cert distribution, zonal redundan
by cle 5y ago
Because the middle man does stuff for you like emergent OS patching, secure log handling, request routing, TLS termination and cert distribution, zonal redundancy and failover, access control, etc.
- bserge 5y agoI grew up with having to do all of that myself. It's really not that hard, a minor part of running a website/service/app. Why would I give up more control? Just a machine (bare metal or virtual) and the domain are enough... Guess I'm old now heh
- cle 5y agoAs a business, you give up control for critical infrastructure to be managed by dedicated engineers who are experts in those areas, who can let you reuse their already-audited and compliance-certified infrastructure so that you don't have to do that yourself. I agree it's not hard. It's also not hard to accidentally store your logs unencrypted, ruining your FIPS or HIPAA compliance and putting your company in legal risk.