Building an anycast DNS/CDN/WAF

It was 2012 and I was the head of the web department at a local small ad agency. My friend from IRC told me about a company who rented VPS with a dedicated IP and root access for $5 a month. And, it only took 60 seconds to spin one up. This was nuts! I was getting a dedicated IP and root access in under 60 seconds. It usually took Nic Cage that long to boost a car. That same year I discovered a…