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You know, I saw that about Cloudflare and made an account just now, but couldn't figure out how to use it as just a registrar without also signing up for their
by brundolf 5y ago
You know, I saw that about Cloudflare and made an account just now, but couldn't figure out how to use it as just a registrar without also signing up for their main DDOS-protection service (even if there is the $0 tier). I'm not really worried about DDOS attacks for my site and the idea of being forced to set it up rubs me the wrong way.
Am I missing something, or are these products really entangled like they seem to be?
- hrrsn 5y agoYou can use Cloudflare for DNS only without proxying through their service, so you can even leave your domain at Hover.
- DenseComet 5y agoTo only use Cloudflare for DNS, just add a record and make sure the orange cloud icon is off to disable proxying. However, your observation is mostly correct. Cloudflare offers at cost domain registration as an extra benefit (or lock in) for their customers, rather than as a general service and as such, you can't change your nameservers away from them.
- brundolf 5y agoGot it, thanks. I don't (think I?) especially care which nameservers I use, I just didn't really want Cloudflare needlessly intercepting/interfering with my actual traffic