Re:IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances
by carlhjerpe on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @08:41AM
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And where are you hosting those services? A "megacorp" or a really old provider which sucked up enough v4 when it was easy?
What if I have a great software stack in the pipe ready to be colocation deployed somewhere and I want to run my own network with multiple transit providers to be sure I don't go down with either of them.
When that possibility is dead, as mentioned in other parts of the thread we're getting awfully close to an anticompetetive market.
Why should existing on the internet be a privilege for the richest of the rich? (Those who can afford to buy IP's/ISP's to fulfill their needs).
But yes, Cloudflare is a great way to protect your site from skiddie "booting". with ELB I'm not sure about pricing, might just prefer it to die for the "booter" duration if it's a personal site, if business.. Well there's hopefully $$$ to foot the AWS bill.
Obtaining an IPv4 address is not an issue I ever had with hosting. People are using Cloudflare, Akamai or ELB because they are sick of script-kiddies buying a DDoS for 10$ an hour and extorting businesses for 1000$ and/or because they have customers from other continents complaining about load times.