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The Fediverse has a problem with accidentally DDoS-ing remote service. What can we do about it?

I was recommended to share this article I wrote a few days ago on here, too; so here we are!

The TL;DR is “link embed fetching communes” as a partial “fix” to the issue (pretty buzzwordy, sorry for that)

  • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    6 months ago

    The proposed solution of an intermediate server caching embeds is needlessly complex. The first server a link is posted to can fetch the embed, then push it out to every server receiving the post.

      • Rimu@piefed.social
        51·
        6 months ago

        Not all servers are equal. I would trust a post from lemmy.world or lemmy.ml to have valid metadata, for example. It’d be great if admins had some way to specify trusted instances (with the biggest 6 instances as initial defaults).

        There would be other uses for the trusted instances concept. Automatic sharing of moderation actions, block lists, community lists, etc

    • punkyblob@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      81·
      6 months ago

      Actually an interesting point. My immediate concern with that idea is that it would open the door for disguising things for what they aren’t. The solution was made from the general caution of not trusting remote servers regarding content they not necessarily control.

      But yes, that would definitely be a solution, too.