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339 points Wingy | 4 comments | 16 Oct 24 11:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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tiffanyh ◴[16 Oct 24 12:29 UTC] No.41858313[source]▶

I thought Cloudflare was going to provide "Always Online" access to Internet Archive

adambb ◴[16 Oct 24 12:40 UTC] No.41858393[source]▶

Other way around! Cloudflare can optionally load your site from IA if it's down.

1. imglorp ◴[16 Oct 24 13:55 UTC] No.41859066[source]▶

If that's the case, I hope CF is making a big, periodic, donation to IA for the business value provided.

2. diggan ◴[16 Oct 24 14:17 UTC] No.41859270[source]▶

Ideally, CF would keep track of exactly how many redirects they do to IA, and donate based on the usage. Would be more fair for everyone involved.

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3. joenot443 ◴[16 Oct 24 14:20 UTC] No.41859306[source]▶

My intuition is that there's a mutually beneficial deal hammered out behind the scenes and that CF isn't just eating poor IA's lunch.

Cloudflare willingly keeps CSAM and animal abuse sites online even when reported, the least they can do is cut IA a fat check every month.

The Internet Archive is back online