Angus McIntyre on Nostr: When you toot a link, every #fediverse instance that sees the toot hits the website, ...
When you toot a link, every #fediverse instance that sees the toot hits the website, pulling the page & any linked OpenGraph image.
As the Fediverse grows, the number of requests increases. Eventually, it may grow so large as to crush smaller servers. There's also the risk of a DDoS amplification attack: post a stream of toots all linking to different pages on a site & watch the entire Fediverse hammer the site continuously.
Maybe we need some kind of hierarchical caching before that happens?
As the Fediverse grows, the number of requests increases. Eventually, it may grow so large as to crush smaller servers. There's also the risk of a DDoS amplification attack: post a stream of toots all linking to different pages on a site & watch the entire Fediverse hammer the site continuously.
Maybe we need some kind of hierarchical caching before that happens?