Web security is too hard

Re:Web security is too hard by thataccount on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @02:53PM (#49173198)

Cloudflare is your favorite company and they are geniuses?

Dear Diary,

Today my fanboy bubble was burst.

Signed,

Author

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Re:Web security is too hard by ericlaw on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @03:14PM (#49173515)

Note that I said: "One of my", and Cloudflare has hired a HUGE percentage of the best networking talent I've encountered.

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Re:Web security is too hard by thataccount on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @03:18PM (#49173563)

Another company named Cisco used to do that. They built the Great Firewall of China. Hiring talent does not equal good company.

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Re:Web security is too hard by Panino on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @03:41PM (#49173936)

I hadn't read that so I looked it up to verify, and it appears true:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/ciscos-latest-attempt-...

Cisco looks to have made money from repression and torture.

Meanwhile a large fraction of neo-nazis, credit card thieves, and DDoS-for-hire sites are on Cloudflare. It takes serious talent (not morals) to attack humanity at scale.

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Re:Web security is too hard by robocat on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @05:48PM (#49175675)

> sites are on Cloudflare

And robbers can hire cars, buy battery angle grinders, and charge the batteries from the electricity network then drive on roads to your house.

Are Cloudflare supposed to be the police?

Does the UN provide a registry list of criminal domains that should not be livened?

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Re:Web security is too hard by inigyou on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @05:49PM (#49175686)

Doesn't even matter who CF is hosting - the fact they're sending all our HTTP requests to the NSA should be enough reason already!

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