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> We spoke to CloudFlare and were quoted a number we cannot reasonably achieve within our financial means, but we are investigating other solutions which may be
by csunbird 3y ago
> We spoke to CloudFlare and were quoted a number we cannot reasonably achieve within our financial means, but we are investigating other solutions which may be more affordable and have a few avenues for research today, though we cannot disclose too many details without risking alerting the attackers to our plans.
Maybe someone higher up in Cloudflare here can escalate this subject and help them along for a proper quote?
- that_guy_iain 3y agoJust because the quote is expensive doesn't make it not a proper quote. Either CloudFlare does it for PR for free or they need paid for a proper quote.
- csunbird 3y agoLet me rephrase: Maybe they can negotiate a different quote? The PR gained in the development community to help a service beloved by hackers in this site could be very beneficial.
- okasaki 3y ago[flagged]
- arghwhat 3y agoYeah, that post is not at all related to getting a discount from Cloudflare on a product they need to buy from somewhere regardless. The owner is in general against slowly having all traffic on the internet routed through Cloudflare, but considering that they asked Cloudflare they seem to be interested in that compromise to stay online.
- plagiarist 3y agoI don't understand how the linked image had anything to do with Cloudflare. Are DDoS attacks happening specifically to marginalized people, and Cloudflare is the techbro getting rich, and Cloudflare is "scanning eyeballs?" IMO that quote is more about, say, Facebook blimping in internet for parts of Africa. The person posting it here as if the author is against all tech companies seems like a deliberate misinterpretation.
- xeromal 3y agoPaid for in exposure
- maccard 3y agoSo you want them to be paid in exposure? If a company offers a service that another needs, but doesn't pay for, should they provide the service for free for them? If GitHub goes down, should CF provide the service to them for good PR? I feel awful for sourcehut, but that doesn't mean that cloudflare should be obliged to support them for free or below cost rates.
- maccard 3y agoWhy should cloudflare be expected to foot the bill instead of sourcehut?
- rtpg 3y agoHelping out a useful service? Though who knows really. Cost of services and the price they are sold at are only loosely correlated! Though honestly it’s totally possible that cloudflare was offering a real discount but it’s still just very high for something like sourcehut.
- csunbird 3y agoYes, that could be the case. I am unable to edit my original post anymore to reflect that is also my opinion :(
- EasyMark 3y agoMaybe they were misquoted, who knows. Connections are a nice thing to have and I've never felt bad about asking, knowing the answer could full well be no, but a second opinion is useful when your business is on the line.
- KomoD 3y ago> Maybe they were misquoted 99.999999% chance they were not.
- emmanueloga_ 3y agoWhy not showing the quote? Perhaps other companies could offer a better deal.
- buildbuildbuild 3y agoThis might be due to how outrageous Cloudflare’s pricing is for protecting non-HTTP services like SSH (Cloudflare Spectrum.)
- samcat116 3y agoI don’t think people realize that a lot of Cloudflare’s free/cheap services are squarely focused on HTTP. Multi protocol stuff is on the enterprise plans where they make their money.