Ehhh, it can block some stuff, but it's not bulletproof against DDoS attacks and certainly not any sort of injection attack. And I certainly wouldn't call it an anonymizer by any means whatsoever, considering that a lot of people leave their direct A record in place (direct.example.com -> IP behind the proxy), and MX records are often pointed directly at the host, especially on shared hosting services. And yes, it can blog certain DDOS attacks, but I wouldn't have to rack my brain to recall a few times I've seen a site behind cloudflare be brought to its knees by req/s.
Cloudlfare is a tool and it's good at some things, and it seems like the people at Cloudflare are pretty nice. But I would really only recommend it for it's caching/CDN features, and I wouldn't count on it alone for security or anonymization. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: > While not technically a hosting solution, CloudFlare can definitely help > secure websites against many common attacks. It's free and works with > almost any hosting provider. > > https://www.cloudflare.com/ > > > NK > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Hisham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions >> to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for >> secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from >> Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for temporary >> hosting >> to be able to stay online until they can stand on their feet again. >> >> I'd be grateful if someone could help with this one. Are there secure and >> inexpensive solutions out there? >> >> Best, >> >> -- >> Hisham Almiraat >> almiraat.com <http://www.almiraat.com/> >> >> Director, Global Voices Advocacy<http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/> >> Co-founder, Mamfakinch.com <http://www.mamfakinch.com/> >> @almiraat <https://twitter.com/almiraat> | @advox<https://twitter.com/Advox> >> hisham_almiraat on Skype >> Phone: +212662078778 >> >> -- >> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >> emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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