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0 pointsyunohn3y ago0 comments

Is your claim that Basement Bob’s raspberry pi could withstand the kind of attacks that companies like Cloudflare handle?

Eg - https://blog.cloudflare.com/26m-rps-ddos/

0 pointsyunohn3y ago0 comments

Is your claim that Basement Bob’s raspberry pi could withstand the kind of attacks that companies like Cloudflare handle?

Eg - https://blog.cloudflare.com/26m-rps-ddos/

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csande173y ago· 2 in thread

I think the parent comment's claim is that serving a CAPTCHA page to potential attackers may actually be more resource intensive than serving a lightweight page that has the actual content on it.

yunohnOP3y ago

So, you posit, that Cloudflare has never thought of this before or weighed the pros/cons before building an entire business out of it? Sure.

csande173y ago

Typically, the pages that Cloudflare protects are not especially lightweight or efficient.

nonrandomstring3y ago· 1 in thread

No. It's that Basement Bob's Raspberry Pi doesn't need to.

yunohnOP3y ago

I don’t think your line of reasoning was very coherent, and displayed a lack of understanding of reality.

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5 comments · 2 top-level

csande173y ago· 2 in thread

I think the parent comment's claim is that serving a CAPTCHA page to potential attackers may actually be more resource intensive than serving a lightweight page that has the actual content on it.

yunohnOP3y ago

So, you posit, that Cloudflare has never thought of this before or weighed the pros/cons before building an entire business out of it? Sure.

csande173y ago

Typically, the pages that Cloudflare protects are not especially lightweight or efficient.

nonrandomstring3y ago· 1 in thread

No. It's that Basement Bob's Raspberry Pi doesn't need to.

yunohnOP3y ago

I don’t think your line of reasoning was very coherent, and displayed a lack of understanding of reality.

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