RE: CloudFlare: Use or Snub?

clem57 — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:56:49 GMT

We like DNS, we think you might too.
CloudFlare and Gandi are hosting a three-part series on DNS. Our first event will be at the CloudFlare office with Paul Mockapetris, the original inventor of the Domain Name System.
Beyond inventing DNS, Paul built the first ever SMTP server. He ran networking at ARPA, served as the chair of the IETF, and is a honored member of the Internet Hall of Fame. He is currently the Chief Scientist at Threatstop, and the visiting scholar at the Universite de Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris.
The event is on Tuesday, April 12th, 2016 at 6 PM PDT at our office in San Francisco, 101 Townsend Street (RSVP here). We’ll be covering the early days of DNS, DNS and security, the commercialization of DNS (what Paul famously calls DN$), and the future of DNS.
So come, grab some beer, and hang out with people who like DNS as much as you do.

https://http2.cloudflare.com/come-geek-out-with-the-original-inventor-of-dns-at-cloudflare/

RE: CloudFlare: Use or Snub?

shabaz — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:26:03 GMT

Hi Clem,

I know nothing about CloudFare, but generally I think none of these businesses perform any significant checks : (

I don't recall any particularly onerous checks with (say) GoDaddy either.

Still, it doesn't sound a very interesting company so maybe better to avoid it anyway! They do sound like they have immature people working for them if they really did say that comment about kids in masks that you mention.