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2.7 KiB
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59 lines
2.7 KiB
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# Cloudflare Alternatives
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## Self-hosting
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Self-hosting often works great, but it requires some effort to setup.
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It is more aimed at technical people.
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We might create a guide for some self-hosting basics which don't require Cloudflare.
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[IPFS](https://ipfs.io/) may be worth consideration if performance is the main concern.
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`Apache` is vulnerable to various low-bandwidth attacks. Use other server software such as [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/), [lighttpd](https://www.lighttpd.net/) or [nginx](https://nginx.org/).
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## Best way to protect your server from DDoS
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- Avoid any third-party service that _can intercept_ HTTP traffic (like Cloudflare)
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- Install WAF on your loadbalancer.
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- Even simple [ModSecurity](https://www.modsecurity.org/) can save you.
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- Add rate-limit to your nftable(firewall) and server software.
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- Just drop the excessive connection.
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## Alternatives
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| Alternative | Drawback | Price | Link |
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| ----------------- | --------------------------------- | ------ | ---- |
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| Akamai | can be used to block Tor | ? | https://akamai.net/ |
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| BunnyCDN | ? | $0.01+ | https://bunnycdn.com/ |
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| Codeberg pages | [support censorship](../HISTORY.md); no custom domain support; tor hostility | Free | https://pages.codeberg.org/ |
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| Gitee pages | must understand Chinese | Free | https://gitee.com/help/articles/4136 |
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| Github pages | uses Microsoft servers | Free | https://pages.github.com/ (WARNING: Tor/VPN users will get their account blocked automatically by Github) |
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| Level 3 | ? | Enterprise | https://www.centurylink.com/ |
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| PerimeterX | not gratis | ? | - |
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| Sharktech DDoS Solutions | ? | ? | https://sharktech.net/ |
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| Surge.sh | Modifies *.surge.sh/robots.txt response | Free | https://surge.sh/ |
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| Voxility | ? | ? | https://www.voxility.com/ |
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| eQualitie | not gratis | gratis during COVID19 | https://equalit.ie/ |
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| neoCities | static pages | Free | https://neocities.org/ |
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| sucuri | not gratis; tor hostility at ~3.483% | $200+ | https://sucuri.net/|
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## Not researched yet
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- CDNJS: sponsored by Cloudflare. It might use it in the background.
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## Why X is not included
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| X | Reason |
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| Cloudflare Tunnel | Uses Cloudflare. |
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| DDoS-GUARD | just like CloudFlare. |
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| Gitlab pages | GitLab is now Cloudflared |
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| Imperva | Uses Cloudflare. |
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| jsDelivr | Uses Cloudflare, see their [network page](https://www.jsdelivr.com/network) |
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| Netlify | Uses Amazon AWS which is also a content delivery network. It would be hypocritical to include it. |
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| Siteground | Tor-hostile people. |
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## History
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Sucuri and eQualitie have a history of CloudFlare patronage, but no longer.
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