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submitted 1 year ago by ruud@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience.

Most of these 'attacks' are targeted at the database, but some are more ddos-like and can be mitigated by using a CDN. Some other Lemmy servers are using Cloudflare, so we know that works. Therefore we have chosen Cloudflare as CDN / DDOS protection platform for now. We will look into other options, but we needed something to be implemented asap.

For the other attacks, we are using them to investigate and implement measures like rate limiting etc.

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[-] Noneo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Obviously cloudflares ddosing lemmy just to get some extra money

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[-] M_Reimer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

How does cloudflare work? Do you install the private SSL certificate there and so cloudflare can see all traffic, including passwords, in plain text or is the path from browser through to your server still encrypted?

[-] themusicman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Other posters are correct that cloudflare decrypts traffic. BUT it is highly unlikely that they will see your password in plaintext, since it is best practice to hash the password first on the front-end.

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[-] md5crypto@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Also when will CloudFlare drop lemmy as a 'Nazi' site?

[-] cantevencode@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You should change the public IP of the server if you haven't already

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[-] marty@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Do you run a reverse proxy infront? Eg. nginx is pretty performant at dropping unwanted traffic.

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[-] solrize@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Any news? I'm still seeing empty pages sometimes (db errors I think), s6 wonder if the kiddies are somehow getting through despite cloudflare.

[-] TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you❤️❤️

[-] Sharan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's been feeling sluggish all day long as well. I've been trying to post from my phone and PC, and it seems it's really slow from time to time.

[-] MarshReaper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Cloudflare makes the website feel dirty, but it'll protect the site until a better option is found.

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