Re: IETF web site behind CloudFlare

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On Sep 17, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Ross Finlayson <finlayson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:56 AM, David Conrad <drc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> If a connection attempt is made to a CloudFlare customer from a source IP address used in an attack, that connection is thrown over to a CAPTCHA.
> Can the IETF not be trusted to secure it's own server(s)?  

Sure. How much do you want to spend?

> Why have we contracted to a 3rd party that chooses to act as a 'Nanny’?

Odd phrasing. It’s a feature of the service CloudFlare sells. It is (or was, haven’t looked in a number of years) tunable.

Regards,
-drc

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