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Mirror in case the attack successfully picks up again: https://web.archive.org/web/20220502013024/https://fasterthanli.me/articles/i-won-free-load-testing# https://web.archive.org/web/20220502013024/https://fastertha... As a treat, this is a testament to a logic error I made in the caching code (inserted uncachable versions of pages into the cache for a little while). Enjoy!

terhechte 4y ago
I'm spending a lot of time in Rust but I always learn so much new when reading your articles. Particularly, how do you manage find all these interesting crates that you're using. Like arc-swap, or Moka, or color-eyre. Do you actively search for these things or do you have a habit of reading the what's new crates.io feed in the morning with a cup of coffee?
- nicoburns 4y ago
  Not the OP, but the r/rust subreddit is my other lurking spot besides HN. (And I’m also currently working on a site to document some of these useful crates)
  - fasterthanlime 4y ago
    /r/rust is a great place for that, I also occasionally click through most of the https://lib.rs/ https://lib.rs/ categories, just to see what the names I don't recognize are about. My twitter timeline also has tons of neat little crates pop up every month, and I have to thank my colleagues at Netlify (back when they were doing Rust) and now at fly, for showing me some of those I showcase in the article.
    - no_wizard 4y ago
      Is Netlify not doing rust now? What’s the story there?
      - fasterthanlime 4y ago
        It happened after I left, I don't think it's my story to tell (and I think they have higher priorities than telling that story).
  - dhosek 4y ago
    Yeah, I’ve found the r/rust community very welcoming. The rust folks on stackoverflow much less so.
zinekeller 4y ago
You have mentioned AS8075 (Microsoft), but with a comment of "Corp MSN"?. It's definitely using Azure (whether compromised or rented is something that I can't ascertain). The MSN here is due to legacy: it stands for MicroSoft Network (back in the days that MS is also an American ISP, although it seems that they're still a dial-up ISP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up). Also, Contabo Asia (AS141995) is misclassified as in Germany. Although they are German, that AS is exclusively used for their Singaporean operations.
- fasterthanlime 4y ago
  Thanks for the context, I fixed those up. This was my first time looking up AS for additional info and it was a lot of fun.
  - zinekeller 4y ago
    No problem, unfortunately some AS numbers don't map up to the expected company name either because the company was acquired by a bigger company later or just not bothering to keep the Whois information accurate. I only knew that Contabo is operating in Singapore by chance (and due to IPv4 exhaustion they used their previous German addresses for their subsidiary) and the history of MSN.

terhechte 4y ago

I'm spending a lot of time in Rust but I always learn so much new when reading your articles. Particularly, how do you manage find all these interesting crates that you're using. Like arc-swap, or Moka, or color-eyre. Do you actively search for these things or do you have a habit of reading the what's new crates.io feed in the morning with a cup of coffee?

nicoburns 4y ago
Not the OP, but the r/rust subreddit is my other lurking spot besides HN. (And I’m also currently working on a site to document some of these useful crates)
- fasterthanlime 4y ago
  /r/rust is a great place for that, I also occasionally click through most of the https://lib.rs/ https://lib.rs/ categories, just to see what the names I don't recognize are about. My twitter timeline also has tons of neat little crates pop up every month, and I have to thank my colleagues at Netlify (back when they were doing Rust) and now at fly, for showing me some of those I showcase in the article.
  - no_wizard 4y ago
    Is Netlify not doing rust now? What’s the story there?
    - fasterthanlime 4y ago
      It happened after I left, I don't think it's my story to tell (and I think they have higher priorities than telling that story).
- dhosek 4y ago
  Yeah, I’ve found the r/rust community very welcoming. The rust folks on stackoverflow much less so.

zinekeller 4y ago

You have mentioned AS8075 (Microsoft), but with a comment of "Corp MSN"?. It's definitely using Azure (whether compromised or rented is something that I can't ascertain). The MSN here is due to legacy: it stands for MicroSoft Network (back in the days that MS is also an American ISP, although it seems that they're still a dial-up ISP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up). Also, Contabo Asia (AS141995) is misclassified as in Germany. Although they are German, that AS is exclusively used for their Singaporean operations.

fasterthanlime 4y ago
Thanks for the context, I fixed those up. This was my first time looking up AS for additional info and it was a lot of fun.
- zinekeller 4y ago
  No problem, unfortunately some AS numbers don't map up to the expected company name either because the company was acquired by a bigger company later or just not bothering to keep the Whois information accurate. I only knew that Contabo is operating in Singapore by chance (and due to IPv4 exhaustion they used their previous German addresses for their subsidiary) and the history of MSN.