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They're not just "web pages". They're a key part of the financial infrastructure sustaining the problem that Cloudflare gets paid $600m/year to fight. Does tha
by wpietri 5y ago
They're not just "web pages". They're a key part of the financial infrastructure sustaining the problem that Cloudflare gets paid $600m/year to fight.
Does that imply that Cloudflare is intentionally boosting the problem? No. But let's be clear here: anything that makes DDOS attacks less of a problem means less money for Cloudflare. So whatever their intent, Cloudflare is helping to support the problem that they owe their existence to. It's very much a conflict of interest.
- dzhiurgis 5y agoBut then DDOS providers give away their IP addresses and traffic to Cloudflare, which can be valuable data.
- wpietri 5y agoThat doesn't sound very plausible to me. Your theory is that there are criminal gangs sophisticated enough to create large DDOS attacks but so clueless that won't use a cheap virtual server and a VPN when setting up their public intake?
- wpietri 5y agoAnd even if it worked for Cloudflare, it's not like they're shutting down the DDOS services they're tracking. The services could still go out and attack non-Cloudflare customers. So even if you were right, it wouldn't be exculpatory.