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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by hutrdvnj on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:48AM (#26912528)
"to a certain German hosting provider" Hetzner
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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by nezirus on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:01AM (#26913384)
Yeah, don't want to provide free advertising (they don't need it), but they should be as reliable as OVH for hosting servers in Europe.
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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by yourad_io on Friday April 23, 2021 @02:27PM (#26917614)
Until you get DDOSed and then they (Hetzner) null-route your server.

They claim not to:

https://twitter.com/hetzner_online/status/968085046073622528...

I do wonder if that is still the case.

edit: Maybe not: https://community.centminmod.com/threads/any-personal-feedba...

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by hutrdvnj on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:43AM (#26923371)
That is quite normal behavior for most hosters and it depends on the strength of DDOS. If you have to deal with DDOS frequently then you need a loadbalancer in between your service and your clients, that offers DDOS protection.
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