[liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites

[Andrew Harris]

Ehhh, it can block some stuff, but it's not bulletproof against DDoS
attacks and certainly not any sort of injection attack. And I certainly
wouldn't call it an anonymizer by any means whatsoever, considering that a
lot of people leave their direct A record in place (direct.example.com ->
IP behind the proxy), and MX records are often pointed directly at the
host, especially on shared hosting services. And yes, it can blog certain
DDOS attacks, but I wouldn't have to rack my brain to recall a few times
I've seen a site behind cloudflare be brought to its knees by req/s.

Cloudlfare is a tool and it's good at some things, and it seems like the
people at Cloudflare are pretty nice. But I would really only recommend it
for it's caching/CDN features, and I wouldn't count on it alone for
security or anonymization.


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Nadim Kobeissi <nadim at nadim.cc> wrote:

> While not technically a hosting solution, CloudFlare can definitely help
> secure websites against many common attacks. It's free and works with
> almost any hosting provider.
>
> https://www.cloudflare.com/
>
>
> NK
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Hisham <almiraatblog at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions
>> to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for
>> secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from
>> Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for temporary hosting
>> to be able to stay online until they can stand on their feet again.
>>
>> I'd be grateful if someone could help with this one. Are there secure and
>> inexpensive solutions out there?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> --
>> Hisham Almiraat
>> almiraat.com <http://www.almiraat.com/>
>>
>> Director, Global Voices Advocacy<http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/>
>> Co-founder, Mamfakinch.com <http://www.mamfakinch.com/>
>> @almiraat <https://twitter.com/almiraat> | @advox<https://twitter.com/Advox>
>> hisham_almiraat on Skype
>> Phone: +212662078778
>>
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