Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience.
Most of these ‘attacks’ are targeted at the database, but some are more ddos-like and can be mitigated by using a CDN. Some other Lemmy servers are using Cloudflare, so we know that works. Therefore we have chosen Cloudflare as CDN / DDOS protection platform for now. We will look into other options, but we needed something to be implemented asap.
For the other attacks, we are using them to investigate and implement measures like rate limiting etc.
Just because you’re smart at writing code doesn’t mean you’re smart at other things :) Or more likely, maybe they’re ideology-driven rather than by practicality.
Lemmy is an unusual but fortunate example of where ideology and practicality line up.
If you can find an entire nation state that runs on crypto currency with a functional, stable economy, I’ll eat my words.