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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Chinese downloads overloading my website
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:07:45 -0700
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On 3/15/2024 9:05 AM, bitrex wrote:
> On 3/14/2024 9:26 PM, Don Y wrote:
>> On 3/14/2024 2:37 PM, bitrex wrote:
>>> Maybe consider hosting the web server yourself, using a virtual 
>>> machine/Promox as the host and a Cloudflare tunnel for security:
>>
>> The advantage is that you can institute whatever policies you want.
>> The DISadvantage is that YOU have to implement those policies!
>>
>> And, nothing prevents your site from being targeted for a [D]DoS
>> attack, etc.  Or, any other behavior that increases the cost to
>> you (in terms of your effort or servicing/hosting fees from
>> provider(s).
>>
>> It's often easier (less hassle) to just avail yourself of some
>> free service to host the content and let THEM worry about
>> these issues.  (unless you enjoy dicking with this sort of thing)
> 
> OK, don't have to self-host. There are possible privacy/security concerns using 
> Cloudflare for private data/WAN applications but for public-facing generally 
> static web pages it seems like a no-brainer, they have pretty generous free plans.

IME, most of these efforts are just a shitload of unplanned effort,
that you (later) discover.  And, are under some (self-imposed?) pressure
to keep running ASAP.

[I *really* don't like something imposing a timing constraint on my
actions.  "Your site is down!"  "Yeah.  And?"]