▲ 695 ▼ Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted (mashable.com) submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jimmy@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archive of cloudflare status Google status
[+] floo@retrolemmy.com 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 13 child comments replies: [–] ernest314@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago (8 children) tell me more permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 39 points 1 year ago (4 children) It blocks anyone not using one of its preferred browsers, among other things. It's become the gatekeeper for a large fraction of the Internet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago It also flags my DNS filter and nearly every site I go to has to "check if I'm human" permalink fedilink source parent [–] hera@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) What browsers does it block? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Minority browsers. Since I daily drive Pale Moon, I'm among the people affected. It's suspected that they test only the 3-4 most popular browsers, and whether anything else works with their code is up to luck. You may think browsers with tiny market shares aren't important, but all new browsers start out that way. I fear for Ladybird if it ever makes it past the alpha stage, for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hera@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago I'm super interested in alternative browsers but never have the time to test them. I always wonder what the Internet would be like if we built it from scratch right now instead of having the legacy of 30 years of development to support. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ag10n@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/cloudflare-once-again-comes-under-pressure-for-enabling-abusive-sites/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ernest314@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago great article, and I had no idea that happened to Brian Krebs, of all people! o.O I do think the EFF makes a good point though, and I think personally I tend to be biased towards content neutrality over moderation (at least, more strongly the larger the platform is, and Cloudflare is very large). Not to the point of Xitter, obviously, but I think there's at least a reasonable argument for Cloudflare in this case. that said, after some searching, I did find the following two articles, and I find their arguments against Cloudflare very compelling: https://www.devever.net/~hl/cloudflare http://cryto.net/~joepie91/blog/2016/07/14/cloudflare-we-have-a-problem/ Fortunately I'm already using end-to-end SSL certs via Caddy, but now I'm considering just moving off Cloudflare entirely and instead providing regular backups to Internet Archive--most of the stuff I host is entirely static and very lightweight. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hemmes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Like the bad kind permalink fedilink source parent [–] Xylight@lemdro.id 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) Redacted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago You can try https://github.com/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr permalink fedilink source parent [–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago Interesting, I have a lot less problems with the Cloudflare verification, than with Google captchas. The slightest unusual thing seems to put you in captcha hell permalink fedilink source parent [–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago When I get to that screen, I just x out most of the time. It's usually not that important. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ernest314@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago (8 children) tell me more permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 39 points 1 year ago (4 children) It blocks anyone not using one of its preferred browsers, among other things. It's become the gatekeeper for a large fraction of the Internet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago It also flags my DNS filter and nearly every site I go to has to "check if I'm human" permalink fedilink source parent [–] hera@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) What browsers does it block? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Minority browsers. Since I daily drive Pale Moon, I'm among the people affected. It's suspected that they test only the 3-4 most popular browsers, and whether anything else works with their code is up to luck. You may think browsers with tiny market shares aren't important, but all new browsers start out that way. I fear for Ladybird if it ever makes it past the alpha stage, for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hera@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago I'm super interested in alternative browsers but never have the time to test them. I always wonder what the Internet would be like if we built it from scratch right now instead of having the legacy of 30 years of development to support. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ag10n@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/cloudflare-once-again-comes-under-pressure-for-enabling-abusive-sites/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ernest314@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago great article, and I had no idea that happened to Brian Krebs, of all people! o.O I do think the EFF makes a good point though, and I think personally I tend to be biased towards content neutrality over moderation (at least, more strongly the larger the platform is, and Cloudflare is very large). Not to the point of Xitter, obviously, but I think there's at least a reasonable argument for Cloudflare in this case. that said, after some searching, I did find the following two articles, and I find their arguments against Cloudflare very compelling: https://www.devever.net/~hl/cloudflare http://cryto.net/~joepie91/blog/2016/07/14/cloudflare-we-have-a-problem/ Fortunately I'm already using end-to-end SSL certs via Caddy, but now I'm considering just moving off Cloudflare entirely and instead providing regular backups to Internet Archive--most of the stuff I host is entirely static and very lightweight. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hemmes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Like the bad kind permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 39 points 1 year ago (4 children) It blocks anyone not using one of its preferred browsers, among other things. It's become the gatekeeper for a large fraction of the Internet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago It also flags my DNS filter and nearly every site I go to has to "check if I'm human" permalink fedilink source parent [–] hera@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) What browsers does it block? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Minority browsers. Since I daily drive Pale Moon, I'm among the people affected. It's suspected that they test only the 3-4 most popular browsers, and whether anything else works with their code is up to luck. You may think browsers with tiny market shares aren't important, but all new browsers start out that way. I fear for Ladybird if it ever makes it past the alpha stage, for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hera@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago I'm super interested in alternative browsers but never have the time to test them. I always wonder what the Internet would be like if we built it from scratch right now instead of having the legacy of 30 years of development to support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago It also flags my DNS filter and nearly every site I go to has to "check if I'm human" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hera@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) What browsers does it block? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Minority browsers. Since I daily drive Pale Moon, I'm among the people affected. It's suspected that they test only the 3-4 most popular browsers, and whether anything else works with their code is up to luck. You may think browsers with tiny market shares aren't important, but all new browsers start out that way. I fear for Ladybird if it ever makes it past the alpha stage, for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hera@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago I'm super interested in alternative browsers but never have the time to test them. I always wonder what the Internet would be like if we built it from scratch right now instead of having the legacy of 30 years of development to support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Minority browsers. Since I daily drive Pale Moon, I'm among the people affected. It's suspected that they test only the 3-4 most popular browsers, and whether anything else works with their code is up to luck. You may think browsers with tiny market shares aren't important, but all new browsers start out that way. I fear for Ladybird if it ever makes it past the alpha stage, for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hera@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago I'm super interested in alternative browsers but never have the time to test them. I always wonder what the Internet would be like if we built it from scratch right now instead of having the legacy of 30 years of development to support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hera@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago I'm super interested in alternative browsers but never have the time to test them. I always wonder what the Internet would be like if we built it from scratch right now instead of having the legacy of 30 years of development to support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/cloudflare-once-again-comes-under-pressure-for-enabling-abusive-sites/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ernest314@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago great article, and I had no idea that happened to Brian Krebs, of all people! o.O I do think the EFF makes a good point though, and I think personally I tend to be biased towards content neutrality over moderation (at least, more strongly the larger the platform is, and Cloudflare is very large). Not to the point of Xitter, obviously, but I think there's at least a reasonable argument for Cloudflare in this case. that said, after some searching, I did find the following two articles, and I find their arguments against Cloudflare very compelling: https://www.devever.net/~hl/cloudflare http://cryto.net/~joepie91/blog/2016/07/14/cloudflare-we-have-a-problem/ Fortunately I'm already using end-to-end SSL certs via Caddy, but now I'm considering just moving off Cloudflare entirely and instead providing regular backups to Internet Archive--most of the stuff I host is entirely static and very lightweight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ernest314@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago great article, and I had no idea that happened to Brian Krebs, of all people! o.O I do think the EFF makes a good point though, and I think personally I tend to be biased towards content neutrality over moderation (at least, more strongly the larger the platform is, and Cloudflare is very large). Not to the point of Xitter, obviously, but I think there's at least a reasonable argument for Cloudflare in this case. that said, after some searching, I did find the following two articles, and I find their arguments against Cloudflare very compelling: https://www.devever.net/~hl/cloudflare http://cryto.net/~joepie91/blog/2016/07/14/cloudflare-we-have-a-problem/ Fortunately I'm already using end-to-end SSL certs via Caddy, but now I'm considering just moving off Cloudflare entirely and instead providing regular backups to Internet Archive--most of the stuff I host is entirely static and very lightweight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Xylight@lemdro.id 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) Redacted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago You can try https://github.com/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr permalink fedilink source parent [–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago Interesting, I have a lot less problems with the Cloudflare verification, than with Google captchas. The slightest unusual thing seems to put you in captcha hell permalink fedilink source parent [–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago When I get to that screen, I just x out most of the time. It's usually not that important. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago You can try https://github.com/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago Interesting, I have a lot less problems with the Cloudflare verification, than with Google captchas. The slightest unusual thing seems to put you in captcha hell permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago When I get to that screen, I just x out most of the time. It's usually not that important. permalink fedilink source parent