A Volunteer-Run Wildfire Site in Portugal Stayed Online During Ddos Attacks
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A volunteer-run wildfire site in Portugal stayed online during DDoS attacks thanks to Cloudflare, sparking discussion on server capabilities.
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Not little but even a simple potable rule on a basic server should be able to sustain that easy.
I don't see how this is the correct reaction to have, nor whether most of us can claim to have made such a positive social impact with a website.
I would think a much more interesting question is who is targeting a public service informing about wildfires when these get particularly bad.
just shy of 60k(fire fighters,government,public) users, during actual fires,in a massive heat wave
It’s an operation run entirely by volunteers, with no funding, no formal team — just passion, and the help of partners.
https://fogos.pt/
it loads fast, looks, and works great
thinkin they get a pass