July 15th, 2024 × #Cloudflare#Fonts#Caching
Hosting Private Fonts on the Edge With Cloudflare
Discussion on building a custom font hosting server to securely serve licensed fonts only to allowed origins using Cloudflare Workers, Pages and KV store.
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
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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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