Cloudflare servers don't own IPs now, so how do they connect to the Internet?

Re:Cloudflare servers don't own IPs now, so how do they conn... by tonyb on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:32AM (#33743996)

It works because the route to 1.2.3.4 is relatively stable. The routes would only change and end up at data center #2 if data center #1 stopped announcing the routes. In that case the connection would just re-negotiate to data center #2.

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Re:Cloudflare servers don't own IPs now, so how do they conn... by xg15 on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:35AM (#33744046)

Ah, ok, that makes sense. So for a given point of origin, anycast generally routes to the same server?

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Re:Cloudflare servers don't own IPs now, so how do they conn... by majke on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:39AM (#33744093)

Correct. From a single place, you're likely to BGP-reach one Cloudflare location, and it doesn't change often.

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