Hosting Private Fonts on the Edge With Cloudflare
Scott and Wes dish out the intricacies of hosting private fonts using Cloudflare Pages. They explore the challenges of font security, the benefits of a font server, and the nuances of caching and whitelisting to keep your fonts secure and efficient.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:53 Behind the Code: Brought to you by Sentry.io.
03:12 The problem with hosting fonts.
05:42 The solution, a font server with Cloudflare Pages.
09:37 Utilizing a Key Value Store.
10:53 Storing a whitelist.
13:42 Why not just use a bucket?
15:24 Should whitelisting be done in JavaScript or cores?
17:23 How do you cache to multiple origins?
18:15 Multiple URLs in an allow origin.
19:17 Font security and foundry challenges.
21:43 Moving Domains on Cloudflare.
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