▲ 576 ▼ Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic (www.techspot.com) submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 190 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kibblebits 1 point 3 months ago (5 children) I use cloudflare for free. You guys pay for hosting? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 months ago (4 children) Yes, because a Linux server with root access is much more powerful than a platform like Cloudflare. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kibblebits -3 points 3 months ago (3 children) Technically…… but why does it need “root access” (I’m dying laughing btw) to begin with? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) So I can install any software I want. I'm running my own Lemmy server. I host Odoo and n8n for my wife's business. I have servers running Borgbackup and Borgmatic for backups. And a bunch of other stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kibblebits 1 point 3 months ago Gotta run it as root eh? 😅 permalink fedilink source parent [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago Why does what need root access? The person paying for the hosting? So they can install software cloudflare doesn't offer for example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 months ago (4 children) Yes, because a Linux server with root access is much more powerful than a platform like Cloudflare. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kibblebits -3 points 3 months ago (3 children) Technically…… but why does it need “root access” (I’m dying laughing btw) to begin with? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) So I can install any software I want. I'm running my own Lemmy server. I host Odoo and n8n for my wife's business. I have servers running Borgbackup and Borgmatic for backups. And a bunch of other stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kibblebits 1 point 3 months ago Gotta run it as root eh? 😅 permalink fedilink source parent [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago Why does what need root access? The person paying for the hosting? So they can install software cloudflare doesn't offer for example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kibblebits -3 points 3 months ago (3 children) Technically…… but why does it need “root access” (I’m dying laughing btw) to begin with? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) So I can install any software I want. I'm running my own Lemmy server. I host Odoo and n8n for my wife's business. I have servers running Borgbackup and Borgmatic for backups. And a bunch of other stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kibblebits 1 point 3 months ago Gotta run it as root eh? 😅 permalink fedilink source parent [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago Why does what need root access? The person paying for the hosting? So they can install software cloudflare doesn't offer for example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) So I can install any software I want. I'm running my own Lemmy server. I host Odoo and n8n for my wife's business. I have servers running Borgbackup and Borgmatic for backups. And a bunch of other stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kibblebits 1 point 3 months ago Gotta run it as root eh? 😅 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago Why does what need root access? The person paying for the hosting? So they can install software cloudflare doesn't offer for example. permalink fedilink source parent