Abusing Cloudflare with IPFS BitTorrent and WebRTC (cloudflare-ipfs.com) 27 points by koreanguy 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] koreanguy 5y ago ↗ tell me something is it unstoppable, by using bittorrent, webRTC and ipfs. this is a demonstration of a real world test of anti censorship through peer to peer. [–] coolspot 5y ago ↗ It is not unstoppable because cloudflare can ban any IPFS hash from being served via cloudflare-ipfs .For highly criminal content, like CP, law enforcement can get list of and go after servers hosting particular hash.If this service becomes even a little popular among fringe elements, Cloudflare, a public company, will shut it down in a blink of an eye. [–] koreanguy 5y ago ↗ the ipfs hash is interchangeable with other ipfs public gateways, even if they shutdown cloudflare-ipfs, it can be viewed from another gateway. [–] m-p-3 5y ago ↗ And you can make your own node and access the network through your own gateway. [–] [deleted] 5y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] coolspot 5y ago ↗ It is not unstoppable because cloudflare can ban any IPFS hash from being served via cloudflare-ipfs .For highly criminal content, like CP, law enforcement can get list of and go after servers hosting particular hash.If this service becomes even a little popular among fringe elements, Cloudflare, a public company, will shut it down in a blink of an eye. [–] koreanguy 5y ago ↗ the ipfs hash is interchangeable with other ipfs public gateways, even if they shutdown cloudflare-ipfs, it can be viewed from another gateway. [–] m-p-3 5y ago ↗ And you can make your own node and access the network through your own gateway. [–] [deleted] 5y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] koreanguy 5y ago ↗ the ipfs hash is interchangeable with other ipfs public gateways, even if they shutdown cloudflare-ipfs, it can be viewed from another gateway. [–] m-p-3 5y ago ↗ And you can make your own node and access the network through your own gateway.
[–] alexnewman 5y ago ↗ Now monetize it with hCaptcha [–] anaganisk 5y ago ↗ Cloudflare already does that, Im like almost always stopped accessing sites behind cloudflare, with the hCaptcha [–] koreanguy 5y ago ↗ I don't believe in captcha. its annoying
[–] anaganisk 5y ago ↗ Cloudflare already does that, Im like almost always stopped accessing sites behind cloudflare, with the hCaptcha
[–] thespoonbends 5y ago ↗ Cloudflare is just acting as an ipfs gateway, right?So this could be used directly (via https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipfs-companio... ) or via any ipfs gateway? [–] koreanguy 5y ago ↗ yes, any gateway can access it.
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[ 3745 ms ] story [ 760 ms ] threadFor highly criminal content, like CP, law enforcement can get list of and go after servers hosting particular hash.
If this service becomes even a little popular among fringe elements, Cloudflare, a public company, will shut it down in a blink of an eye.
So this could be used directly (via https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipfs-companio... ) or via any ipfs gateway?