When a website gets DDOSed and the owner ISN’T using Cloudflare
The website
The website owner
Getting DDOS’ed while using CF (but having an insecure, flexible SSL website)
The website owner
Me
Getting DDOS’ed while using Cloudflare and having a secure website (Full strict SSL, proper certificates, properly configured firewall, etc.)
The website owner to the attacker
Attackers try to DDOS the site
The result
Attackers
Yeah, its the worst possible thing that can happen
When Cloudflare goes down
Literally everybody
Here’s a video on what I’m talking about
Why? Getting more interesting each day
Me: Sees a Cloudflare branded internal server error
It’s been a few days, so I made a video (embedded below)
Cloudflare employee: "Turn up the heat!"
Proceeds to activate the heater
Cloudflare employee: "I DIDN’T MEAN THAT MUCH HEAT!"
Are you making fun aboot Canadians here?
No, I’m just saying that the country is cold, very cold
Just for the sake of it
May I point out
What about “aboot”?
Never mind