lostinlightnew regional server ⛳
https://bath.social - a local social network for #Bath, #UK (#Hometown)
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
🔭 Interests and hobbies
• https://screenwriting.space - a place for storytellers
• https://solarpunks.social - network for #solarpunks
• https://rocketscientists.club - community of #3D artists and performers
• https://sunny.garden - for #indie creators who draw, sculpt, write, design, sing, build
• https://craftodon.social - for everyone who plays #Minecraft
• https://introvert.country
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• https://blahaj.social - for people who own at least 1 IKEA BLÅHAJ
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
🎨 https://artworld.social - for artists, curators, art critics, gallerists, collectors, journalists, educators, researchers, specializing in contemporary #art
⛺ https://tyrol.social - #Tyrol area
⛺ https://hameln.social - #Hameln #Germany
🎲 https://dungeons.social - #RPG and #tabletop
artworld.social
artworld.social is a federated social media for artists, curators, art critics, scholars, educators, journalists, gallerists, collectors, administrators, any kind of cultural agents involved in the art worlds across the globe, specializing in contemporary art.
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
🚄 https://rail.chat - discussions about long-distance, passenger and freight #rail networks, for economic, environmental and equity benefits
⛺ https://krems.social - Krems, #Austria
🎨 https://mensmaaktmooi.nl - community for creative thinkers with unconventional mindset who make beautiful things (#Dutch)
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
⛺ Regional
• https://bizkaia.social - #Bizkaia
• https://andalucia.social - #Andalucía
💻 Work
• https://presentadistance.social - discussions about #remote work, telecommuting, team spirit and remote collaborator experience
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
Some new #German ⛺ regional servers
• https://nahe.social - #Nahe region
• https://moessingen.social - Mössingen area #Moessingen
• https://odenwald.social - #Odenwald area
Welcome to all #Fediverse newcomers! 👋
Hopefully, we'll see more themed servers and communities too!
🌌 Some recent additions to the network (1/2):
• https://fediverse.co.za - South #Africa
• https://fedisabled.social - for all disabled people
• https://recht.social - focus on #legal topics
• https://sciencemastodon.com - for #science journalists and scientists
• https://dju.social - German #journalists union
🌌 Some recent additions to the network (2/2):
• https://apotheke.social - for anyone from the #pharmacy sector
• https://medic.cafe - for employees in the #medical field
• https://aircrew.rocks - for #pilots, #flight attendants, and flight enthusiasts
• https://genart.social - for #artists working in the generative, AI, and glitch spaces
• https://mastodon.tech - English language #tech and open source
🌌 New themed servers in #Fediverse network (1/3):
• https://astrodon.social - for anyone interested in #astronomy, #astrophysics, #astrophotography, and adjacent sciences
• https://sciences.social - for social #scientists
• https://mstdn.science - for #microbiologists, scientists in general, and #science enthusiasts
• https://earthlings.social - for all precious earthlings
🌌 New themed servers in Fedi network (2/3):
• https://indiepocalypse.social - for independent #creators of all sorts
• https://makerspace.social - space for makers (#CNC, #woodworking, #microcontrollers, etc)
• https://3dp.chat - #3D printing
• https://brettspiel.space - for #boardgame players
• https://podcasts.social - for #podcasters
🌌 New themed servers in #Fedi network (3/3):
• https://techspace.social - for techies and tech-curious people
• https://techhub.social - for passionate technologists
• https://k8s.social - for #Kubernetes, container and #cloud native enthusiasts
• https://urbanists.social - for people who like #bikes, transit, and walkable #cities
• https://bikejam.social - for bike and pedestrian #infrastructure
• https://bahn.social - for #rail enthusiasts
Now new themed communities appear daily. 😃
I don't want to bore you with server posts. 🤔 So I'll occasionally post only about the ones that caught my attention. For anyone interested in all updates, check the source: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/commits/branch/main/source/en/portal/servers/index.md
Also, feel free to filter out the *fediworld* tag in your Filter settings, if you wish to mute such "server posts".
🌌 New themed servers in #Fediverse:
• https://archaeo.social - for #archaeologists, historians and lovers of all things ancient
• https://astronomy.city - for #astronomy and astronomy-adjacent users
• https://astronomy.social - astronomy, #space travel
• https://cartoonist.social - community for #cartoonists
• https://graphics.social - computer graphics community #3D #2D
• https://veterinary.education - #veterinary medicine
Nemo_bis 🌈Sometimes we also have to remove many instances from the #FediParty list. :(
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/commit/8c0538bf0cc55e693e5818f04e12d1ca3c9889d7
Instances behind #CloudFlare aren't listed, because there are already hundreds, and this centralises a lot of #fediverse network traffic in #AS13335.
Benjamin Oldenburg@ben Thanks for looking!
#BunnyCDN does https://bunny.net/network/ddos-protection/ (didn't test). #OVH has something too, perhaps (I only experienced the default one you get when renting a VM).
What endpoints are you trying to protect from DDoS?
@nemobis the way it works with CloudFlare is that they act as a DNS for the domain and reverse proxy to the actual web server. Thus the IP of the web server is never exposed (DNS) to the public. The CDN part happens via caching on the POPs, although this can be configured in any way one likes.
@ben Yes, but do you really need it for *all* endpoints, or do you have different priorities? Some seem to be fine with applying a CDN just for the media, while others like mastodon.social use BunnyCDN only for the static assets. The more aggressive configuration is to put it also in front of ActivityPub endpoints, Mastodon APIs and the web interface.
@nemobis if someone is going to DDoS the server, they’ll attack the AcivityPub endpoints or web interface and not the media endpoints, because only the former can cause the whole service to be unreachable. I have not heard of anything comparable to Cloudflare from Europe.
@ben Interesting, I didn't know #Serverius!
#CloudFlare is on a scale of its own, but there *might* be alternatives which are good enough for Mastodon instances. I'd love to read some real-world #MastoAdmin / #FediAdmin experience from people using them.
Unfortunately I suspect that experimentation in this field will blossom only when the first serious attack comes.
@ben For the ActivityPub and API endpoints, maybe #AuthorizedFetch aka secure mode can help protect at least the database? https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#authorized_fetch
@nemobis well, there’s experience with Cloudflare… so, why change anything? 🤷🏼♂️
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Hmmm. Yeah, masto.nyc is behind cloudflare. It just makes for a really convenient reverse proxy while things scale. Can you explain in more detail why cloudflare hosts are removed? Also, changing to a different CDN just for this would be a significant lift :(
Ghost of John Adams@seano Anybody who is running anything but the most minimum locked down single-user instance is going to need Cloudflare or other DDOS protetion. Sayings its "too centralized" is silly. Thats the whole point of servers.