The only thing I use CloudFlare for is encrypted DNS stuffs, other suggestions for this?
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confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
Even though I don’t host anything important, I’m still glad I found alternative ways to hosting my own stuff without the use of any of Cloudflare services.
I’ve noticed over time that the self-hosted communities have been suggesting Cloudflare Tunnels less and less since Trump and his gang took over America. Maybe this latest outage will push more people to not recommend Cloudflare again in the future.
I still remember when I first got into self-hosting and being mocked pretty hard for questioning the use of such a large centralized service like Cloudflare. I’m glad I persisted and kept learning in my own direction but that still was very demotivating at the time.
coaxil@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
Currently I’m using DeSec.io for my Dynamic DNS and
Caddyas my reverse proxy to automatically handle encryption certificates. It takes a little extra effort setting up a DeSec.io module with Caddy but since I got it working, it’s been essentially zero maintenance.coaxil@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Thanks for the rec, I’ll have a gander, and try it out next day I have free!
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
I think the only thing that is very had to replicate from cloudflares ia ddos protection since they take the hit instead.
confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
True.
My self-hosting strategy is wildly alternative and not one I speak much about publicly. I’m the only person connecting to my own domain so as long as I continue to practice shutting the fuck up, I can get away with using multiple layers of obscurity rather than fiddling with third party solutions.
I check my logs daily and the only activity I ever see is my own. Since I am not hosting anything critical or sensitive, I have the opportunity to experiment this way without much risk to myself.
The way I’m set up, I am not concerned with DDOS attacks because it would fail to get past the Dynamic DNS. If I were hosting a social media platform or something more public, then I would need to take stronger measures to protect myself and that data.