Hey is there any alternatives to CloudFlare reverse proxies? I want to hide my server IP but not share everything with CF…

  • Toes♀@ani.social
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    16 days ago

    I like that idea.

    I’d suggest OVH or Digital Ocean.

    If you think a DDoS attack is possible I’d suggest azure for that.

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      15 days ago

      I’d probably use a VPS myself.

      I seem to recall db0 saying that lemmy.dbzer0.com is behind some sort of reverse proxy. I assume that they’re in the same boat as OP.

      looks

      $ host -t a lemmy.dbzer0.com
      lemmy.dbzer0.com has address 51.77.203.116
      $ whois 51.77.203.116
      [snip]
      role:           OVH Technical Contact
      address:        OVH SAS
      address:        2 rue Kellermann
      address:        59100 Roubaix
      address:        France
      admin-c:        OK217-RIPE
      tech-c:         GM84-RIPE
      tech-c:         SL10162-RIPE
      nic-hdl:        OTC2-RIPE
      abuse-mailbox:  abuse@ovh.net
      mnt-by:         OVH-MNT
      created:        2004-01-28T17:42:29Z
      last-modified:  2014-09-05T10:47:15Z
      source:         RIPE # Filtered
      
      % Information related to '51.77.0.0/16AS16276'
      
      route:          51.77.0.0/16
      origin:         AS16276
      mnt-by:         OVH-MNT
      created:        2018-03-07T09:24:45Z
      last-modified:  2018-03-07T09:24:45Z
      source:         RIPE
      $
      

      I don’t know if that’s a VPS, but looks like they’re using OVH.

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zone
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        15 days ago

        a reverse proxy these days is pretty much just a requirement of any dynamic service. they often run on the same host as the software

        • tal@lemmy.today
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          15 days ago

          Aight, but db0 had something about it obscuring the server location, IIRC.