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Thoughts on Cloudflare (xn--gckvb8fzb.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37897811

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[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 58 points 3 months ago (4 children)

That's a reputable looking domain if I've ever seen one

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 93 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's a punycode domain, it's how non-Roman characters in domain names are represented. Your browser will convert it to the actual Unicode characters in the address bar (and if you type them in yourself and hit enter, it'll get translated into punycode for the actual request)

This is the Japanese katakana spelling out "Mariusu" so I'm guessing the author is called Marius

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

xn--gckvb8fzb

マリウス.com

Very interesting, today I learnt something cool and new ty

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've heard it's a security feature not ro render unicode in the url because otherwise people could use Unicode lookalike characters to spoof a domain.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

NGL that is a beautiful website

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

The FQDN is only a translation lookup between a human readable name and an IP address, it doesn't say anything about the trustworthiness of the content or its operators, it's just a name. DNS exists for convenience not establishing trust.

[–] Jaximus@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What a beautifully designed website

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Footnote: The artwork was generated using AI

Ehhhhhhh...

[–] Jaximus@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it is the rest that caught my eye...

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

Centralized weak point. Not weak against DDOS but for abuse from Cloudflare.

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

What an awesome website! Its literary a goldmine of good information on privacy tips!

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

it's a real bummer, yeah.

but a free tier CF account has the potential to completely solve your AI scraper traffic problems with very little configuration.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago

The writer doesn't want to rely on others services, but uses AI for artwork?