mightymoud 10 months ago

It's a tunnel. So VPS can only be reached through cloudflare. It's not only for https, but more for security and lockdown

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  • mediumsmart 10 months ago

    excellent and if cloudflare thinks your IP is iranian its going to get a really secure lockdown.

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    • nine_k 10 months ago

      More seriously, it also helps when you're a target of a DDoS.

      It's always a balancing act between outsourcing your heavy lifting, and having to trust that party and depend on them.

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      • newaccount74 10 months ago

        I've been running my business on VPS from Linode and Hetzner for the last 13 years and have never had an issue with DoS.

        I think the benefits of Cloudflares DoS protection are vastly oversold and absolutely unnecessary for 99% of businesses.

        (I think the false positives where some users randomly get captchas are actually bad for business)

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worik 10 months ago

> You can get https for free with... [any webserver] and letsencrypt.

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