> These two services, like most booters, are hidden behind CloudFlare, a content distribution service that lets sites obscure their true Internet address. In case anyone cares, Lizardstresser’s real Internet address currently is 217.71.50.57, at a hosting facility in Bosnia.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/lizard-kids-a-long-trail...
Either way, Cloudflare appears to both help booters and then also sells services to protect you from booters.
I usually agree that spending 1h on a talk may be much. But I found this one to be really good. Matthew is both entertaining, and revealing some things that weren't public before.
I'd say the 1h is worth it.
I'd say "Cloudflare recommends Cloudflare" is pretty uninformative while a TL;DR isn't.
Examples are given how Amazon removed Wikileaks from their servers without court order, how another CDN removed content because they had other clients that didn't like that content etc.
I cannot judge how honest it all is, but I'm impressed and do believe their intent. One of the scary things is what happens if Google, Microsoft or Amazon decides to buy them. Or some shady Russian or Chinese investor...
Definitely has nothing to do with the fact that a healthy market for booters is the best salesman they could ask for.
Cloudflare thinks that everyone should be immune to DDoS, both good people and bad people. I agree with that sentiment.
They're not helping the booters do booting activities.