Hi guys,

Wanted to let you know that I'm thinking about going back to using Cloudflare server caching.  If you remember, we had this enabled earlier this year but it added a small delay to the commands and clicks.  It wasn't a bad delay but directly connecting the site was faster.  Since we went back to the direct connect we've been seeing a lot more hits from hackers and fake accounts. 

I believe the reason is I can't easily block entire countries like China, Russia, India, and Nigeria (as an example).  With Cloudflare, I can block these countries entirely and it will help us avoid these fake accounts.  This is an unfortunate part of the Internet and we need to accommodate and protect ourselves.  Frankly I don't see why people spend time doing this but they do.

To really protect ourselves, the best way to do it is by charging a small fee for people to register.  I've always promoted this site will be a free for everyone.  But, we may want to take a look at requiring a fee before people can post messages or interact in our classifieds system.  This will absolutely help against hackers and spam because this extra layer of protection through the purchase process and they just won't do it.  I won't push for this until we have a bigger discussion around it.

For now, I am seriously thinking about activating the Cloudflare service this weekend.  Let me know if you have any concerns.

Mike

14 minutes ago, Jeff G 78 said:

Only the old-timers will get that one.  I was going to make a Y0RGO comment before I saw your post.  RIP Yorgo BTW.

Yes, RIP.

On 8/6/2022 at 8:22 AM, Racer X said:

We’re at war with Russia and China.

Cyber war.

Any Chinese bots?

 

They want our Z cars, but they can eat $^!# and die.