cbernhardt

This morning (4/26/17) when I logged on to the C1-C2 Forum the following message popped up:
Checking your browser before accessing corvetteforum.com.
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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: 35599dadc97442d0

I noticed that the user information on the left side of the screen was not being displayed. I also noticed that the message popped up when I tried to respond to another post.
After logging on several times the user information finally appeared.
Is this something new? What is the browser being checked for?

Charles

13brv3

Just to let you know, you're not alone. Hopefully this isn't permanent, or my browser will be thoroughly checked

Rusty

Maxpowers

This is happening to me too. It takes forever to load threads.

DebRedZR1

Same along with other weird messages...

AbsolutHank

This has got to be the buggiest damn forum I've ever been on. Same thing happening to me

savewave

Site appears to have crashed last night. No details on why or for how long. I got the same message this morning. Seems to be okay for me now. If you are getting error messages, try deleting your cookies and clearing your cache.

eboggs_jkvl

Just got the OP message 2 minutes ago,


Elmer

J T

The message is legitimate and comes from Cloudflare. CorvetteForum is behind Cloudflare's DDOS protection due to a DDOS event.

While it may be inconvenient seeing the message briefly, it's probably better than not having the site load at all.

paulrichy

Thank you!

dmaxx3500

me too

X-ZZ4

Does that mean this is temporary?

BMadden

Same thing happening to me as well.

SurfnSun

Come on guys, it shouldn't be that difficult. Knowing that the forum crashed last night and then a quick google of "Cloudflare" told the story of what's going on.

I closed my tab and came back to the site and it didn't show again.

Patience is truly a lost virtue.

Chevy Guy

It shows pretty consistently, hangs a lot as well.

Chevy Guy

Black 03 Z06

For as long as I have been on this forum I have used the same connection, this morning that would not work. I just got the pictures but no forum information nor any way to connect to it.

I googled the forum and went into it though the C7 section, it opened no problem. I have now saved that method but it is not the same screen as I used to get.

c4cruiser

I got that screen when I launched my browser (FireFox v.53.0 32-bit) this morning about 6:30 AM PDT and again just a few seconds ago when I started to reply to a thread in the C5 Gen section.

Is there a DDOS Attack still going on?

X-ZZ4

Cleared cookies. Still get it.

It's causing posts to be lost.

J T

Like I explained a few posts, the message is considered "normal", at this time, because Cloudflare is adding a layer of protection to minimize service disruption due to any DDOS occurring.

Clearing cookies, temporary internet files, etc., is not going to change that behavior.

Can you provide some specific examples?

X-ZZ4

Just doing what was suggested, and basic due dilligence on my part.

Two posts in PRC. After hitting submit was taken to the cloudfare forwarding page....and it hung. Exited browser, came back....no post....had to retype and repost.