Re: Why are Cloudflare checking my browser?

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passive dns says I'm wrong:
bailiwick www.ietf.org.
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first seen 2014-06-24 14:19:09 -0000
last seen 2014-06-27 10:32:08 -0000
www.ietf.org. A 108.162.196.49
www.ietf.org. A 108.162.197.49

6 yrs.

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 11:10 AM Christopher Morrow
<morrowc.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This has been in place on the IETF site for ~4 yrs at this point.
> welcome to the party! :)
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 9:04 AM Ben Ramsey <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 27, 2020, at 04:27, John Dickinson <jad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Maybe I missed an announcement but please could someone explain why I am seeing:
> > >
> > > Checking your browser before accessing ietf.org.
> > >
> > > This process is automatic. Your browser will redirect to your requested content shortly.
> > > Please allow up to 5 seconds…
> > > DDoS protection by Cloudflare
> > > Ray ID: 56b9671cdc01e608
> > >
> > > whilst going to an ietf mailman page?
> > >
> > > What is Cloudflare checking for? What is Cloudflare’s privacy policy for this “service”?
> > >
> > > BTW the link https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landing?utm_source=iuam shown as the text “DDoS protection by Cloudflare” doesn’t provide any explanation.
> >
> >
> > I’ve noticed this recently on a lot of other Cloudflare-backed websites. I wonder if they’re mitigating a large-scale DDoS attack, or something like that?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ben
> >





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