cloudflare blocking access

[Mike OReilly]

I'm back in via Tapatalk.

[gallatin1988]

I seem to be able to naviagte the forums on both of my browsers.

Maybe it was a ddos attack.

About a year and half ago someone launched a ddos attack against my email provider, Protonmail. It took them down for like a week. They suspect it was a state actor.

[john61ct]

Having cloudflare protection does add to the sitehosting cost, usually visitors never notice it.

During an attack their countermeasures become more noticeable, but still allow most members setup access at minimal inconvenience.

So thanks are due both CF management and their service providers.

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

I'm back in via Tapatalk.

I’m on the IPad as well
Guess we will never know

[gallatin1988]

spoke too soon. now when using Firefox whenever I navigate to a new page the i get logged out. I'm using Firefox 67

[gallatin1988]

I wonder if the rather aggresive anti-tracking, cookie management, privacy apps I use are contributing?

[Janet H]

Originally Posted by john61ct

Having cloudflare protection does add to the sitehosting cost, usually visitors never notice it.

During an attack their countermeasures become more noticeable, but still allow most members setup access at minimal inconvenience.

So thanks are due both CF management and their service providers.

Hopefully everything has returned to normal now. Unfortunately when Cloudflare kicks in to thwart a DDoS with the browser check it can also stop members who may be surfing on non-traditional connections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudflare

[john61ct]

yes all seems fine, thanks again to all those helping keep CF running on robust architectures