On: DDoS Attack Against Default DNS System v2

[cmstoken]

Anything to keep in mind when switching to cloudflare? Is it completely free?

[ikawe → cmstoken]

Went through this last week with dnsimple =)

The one problem I encountered with cloudflare is that they don't allow you specify none cloudflare NS.

This presents a problem if you want to have redundant, cross provider DNS.

In our case, we could still specify a cross-provider mix of NS records at our registrar, but it seems like it doesn't take affect until the TTL on the cached NS records expires. So - this left us with a failover, but not really a graceful one.

[nullrouted → cmstoken]

Nope, it works well. You can just use their DNS service.

[Someone1234 → nullrouted]

People have claimed (on HK) that their free tier slows down your site, any truth to those claims in your experience?

[computer → Someone1234]

I've had that experience (with Cloudflare in general, not DNS). My average response times as measured by Google webmaster tools went from 30ms to 300ms, if I remember correctly. This way ~18 months ago though, so I don't know if it has changed.

And it's to be expected to be slightly slower, at least for dynamic requests, since it's a reverse proxy. I doubt it's limited to the free tier.

I've used the DNS for a few years without any issues whatsoever, so I'd recommend them for that.

[brandonwamboldt → Someone1234]

As somebody with sites using all three tiers of their service, I haven't noticed a speed difference between any of the tiers.

[celsoazevedo → Someone1234]

You can use Cloudflare to manage DNS only, so there is no "slow down".