On Sep 16, 2014, at 4:52 AM, Linus Nordberg <linus+ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi IETF, > > It seems like www.ietf.org is behind CloudFlare: > > $ dig +short www.ietf.org > www.ietf.org.cdn.cloudflare.net. > 104.20.1.85 > 104.20.0.85 > > This is sad because it's now not possible to visit the site without > accepting JavaScript. At least if you get selected for solving a > CAPTCHA. Tor users is one group of users who are selected. > > Is this permanent? > Will it hit more domains than www? > Where can I read about the decision to hide www behind CloudFlare? > > Thanks, > Linus “hide”? I think I might start by asking the IAD or the IAOC. I wasn’t involved, but the use of a CDN is usually a business decision, and they are the folks who make business decisions for the IETF. AMS has historically provided redundancy for www.ietf.org by hosting it at two sites, one of which was a secondary for the other. Just a guess, but it’s mine, Cloudflare probably offered the IETF a deal in which the IETF got redundant dual stack service and a good rate.
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