aranymJul 16, 2023

lemmy.world and .ml down

https://lemmy.name/post/48128

lemmy.world and .ml down - lemmy.name

Heard it was DDoS attacks, which sounds pretty likely. Reaffirms the decision to host my own instance. Hopefully they don’t try to mess Beehaw, y’all are too nice :)

Show threadMereo
Large instances need to get Cloudflare DDoS protection because it will only get worse.
Jul 16, 2023 at 4:56pmWeb
Show threadπ’π’†π’Žπ’‚π’π’Jul 16, 2023
This does wonders at keeping the instance up, but breaks the mobile apps and federation functionality sadly ☹️
Show threadMereoJul 16, 2023
Oh Damn. So the community still needs to figure it out…
Show threadaranymJul 16, 2023
My instance is using Cloudflare and has no issues with federation or mobile apps (I sent this reply with Connect). Those services should not break under Cloudflare.
Show threadπ’π’†π’Žπ’‚π’π’Jul 17, 2023
Sorry I should have been clearer in my original comment - the DDoS mitigation features of Cloudflare specifically affect the apps and federation, so as long as you aren’t under attack it’s business as usual
Show threadaranymJul 17, 2023
Ah fair enough, I think most would be fine with that compromise tbh
Show threadCoderKatJul 16, 2023
But you can still DDoS with federation. I’m not sure how we’d avoid breaking the idea that anyone can make a server and start federating immediately. Federation naturally is an automated task, so can’t get past this protection.