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I don’t use Cloudflare or any CDN right now. I feel like I’m not a likely target for DDoS attacks. I guess my secondary question is, why do many people running
by mproud 4y ago
I don’t use Cloudflare or any CDN right now. I feel like I’m not a likely target for DDoS attacks.
I guess my secondary question is, why do many people running pretty small websites use and swear by them? I’m just trying to understand how necessary CDNs are, and is CF the CDN to use?
- Komodai 4y agoPersonally I have 75 domains that use Cloudflare (not very normal but yeah) Most of which are just small personal sites I use Cloudflare to: 1. Give me easy SSL on all of the sites ("flexible", so not 'proper' ssl) 2. Hide my origin IPs 3. Easy compression, minification, caching, etc. 4. Host some sites on Cloudflare Pages CDNs certainly aren't necessary for small websites but I'd say Cloudflare is the one to use if you want one, but also want to avoid spending money. If you feel like you don't need or want one, honestly just don't bother with it.
- mproud 4y agoThanks for the insight!