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> The broken thing is that anyone can send any unsolicited traffic anywhere, making Cloudflare a requirement for hosting a website. If a Cloudflare-like servic
by Bran_son 3y ago
> The broken thing is that anyone can send any unsolicited traffic anywhere, making Cloudflare a requirement for hosting a website.
If a Cloudflare-like service is a required part of internet infrastructure, then each ISP and hosting provider should offer their own, equivalent service. By law, if necessary, if the economics don't work out otherwise. Because having a single company be the arbiter and monitor of who may visit any website is, well, bad.
- andersa 3y agoBut they can't. The service only works because of Cloudflare's scale and view of large portions of internet traffic.