Checking your Browser???
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Checking your Browser???
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
Checking your browser before accessing corvetteforum.com.
table
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
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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.
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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.
While it may be inconvenient seeing the message briefly, it's probably better than not having the site load at all.
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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.
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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.
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.
Last edited by Black 03 Z06; Apr 26, 2017 at 11:49 AM.
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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?
Is there a DDOS Attack still going on?
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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?
Clearing cookies, temporary internet files, etc., is not going to change that behavior.
Can you provide some specific examples?
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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.
Clearing cookies, temporary internet files, etc., is not going to change that behavior.
Can you provide some specific examples?
Last edited by X-ZZ4; Apr 26, 2017 at 12:37 PM.