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Cloudflare Quick Tunnels

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  1. aliasxneo · · focus · HN ↗
    Tunneling was something that recently fell out of the work I've been doing [1]. I've used Cloudflare Tunnels before but I just have low trust with them recently with how big they are getting. All of these nice things come at the cost of pushing _a lot_ of traffic through their systems.

    [1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dntls.substack.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;the-new-internet" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dntls.substack.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;the-new-internet

    1. simonw · · focus · HN ↗
      If there&#x27;s any company in the world that can survive a lot of extra traffic being pushed through their systems it&#x27;s Cloudflare.

      I bet these new tunnels end up being a fraction of a percentage point of their network traffic.

      1. Tepix · · focus · HN ↗
        They see all the traffic in cleartext. Plus you have to trust them not to maliciously alter your traffic. As a US company, their options may be limited if they are coerced by their government to do so.
        1. insanitybit · · focus · HN ↗
          Just use TLS &#x2F; mTLS over the tunnel, no?
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