Cloudflare is turning off the internet for me

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:53 AM UTC

z3t4 wrote: post #178

hombre_fatal wrote: post #38

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Yeah, you can't really talk about downsides of Recaptcha/Cloudflare without also acknowledging the extreme amount of malicious actors and abuse on the internet. We're in a "this is why we can't have nice things" predicament and you have malicious actors to thank for that, yet most people on HN only seem capable of attacking the few affordable solutions to that problem. I'm even down with the theory that Cloudflare is…

For caching: Learn how to code. If your web page dies when there are only two visitors, then that's on you. DDoS attack: If possible, the easiest solution is to just swallow the traffic. If that doesn't work you want to block all networks that allows IP spoofing. Then it's a wack-a-mole game. And if you have the resources, use any-cast and many co-locations. Or ask your ISP for help. Hiding your server: Use onion add…

Post by d10r » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:55 AM UTC

oarsinsync wrote: post #260

leokennis wrote: post #253

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It really hits home the point of how shitty the web has become. Ad companies and malware distributors come up with bad and worse ways to interfere with my browsing, and the “good guys” need to match with increasingly invasive and fragile anti measures. Sort of like having to take of your shoes when you board a plane. If that’s what it takes, isn’t it just better to stay home?

> Sort of like having to take of your shoes when you board a plane. If that’s what it takes, isn’t it just better to stay home? Removal of shoes, 'naked' full body scanners, these are all terrible, and I tell myself every time it isn't worth the hassle. The reality is that as much as I hate it, I'm still flying every other week. I'm also on the Internet daily. I don't see that changing.

Post by llama052 » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 8:00 AM UTC

JohnFen wrote: post #143

JakeTheAndroid wrote: post #70

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Yeah, because most custom browsers are malicious. They have the data to prove it. This isn't a side feature, it's a direct feature that is 100% intentional. They maintain a backend whitelist of known "good" user-agents. Curl is on that list and there are a few others outside of the big players. Most people building custom browsers are doing it to do something Chrome would disallow. One instance would only supporting…

> This isn't a side feature, it's a direct feature that is 100% intentional. So Cloudflare is intentionally breaking the web? Good to know.

Post by why-oh-why » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 8:11 AM UTC

htfu wrote: post #220

BenjiWiebe wrote: post #66

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I have a little tip for you; right-click your back arrow, and choose your search page from the list.

At least on iOS Safari there's this bug (feels like it's always been there, maybe content blocker related?) where sometimes a search simply gets eaten. The browser somehow thinks you went from nowhere straight to the page you're on, even though you went past a Google results page. I assume it's somehow redirect-related and that's why these sites tend to trigger it.

Post by adrianN » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 8:28 AM UTC

RyanK24 wrote: post #83

It appears that you may have made some modifications to your user agent string. If you revert your user agent to the one provided by default by your browser vendor everything will be fine.