Cloudflare 520 error
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Probably not.
A greatly simplified explanation- Cloudflare is a company that protects thousands of websites from attacks. When there is an ongoing attack they implement additional things to keep 'fake' traffic from impacting their customers. Some of those things prevent 'real' traffic by mistake.
Some work-arounds have been described in this thread. Try a different browser, turn off VPN, use a different device.
It probably has nothing to do with you and maybe not even corvetteforum. We might all be collateral damage. When the attack is over things will probably go back to normal. But maybe not. If there is a particular new method of attack that requires new methods of dealing with it some of us may be permanently impacted. I'd give it a few weeks before I made any major changes on my end unless you just like re-configuring for fun.
There will be fewer and fewer sites allowing connections from browsers ten years out of date as time goes by. The way criminals use the internet continues to evolve so the methodology for stopping them evolves too.
A greatly simplified explanation- Cloudflare is a company that protects thousands of websites from attacks. When there is an ongoing attack they implement additional things to keep 'fake' traffic from impacting their customers. Some of those things prevent 'real' traffic by mistake.
Some work-arounds have been described in this thread. Try a different browser, turn off VPN, use a different device.
It probably has nothing to do with you and maybe not even corvetteforum. We might all be collateral damage. When the attack is over things will probably go back to normal. But maybe not. If there is a particular new method of attack that requires new methods of dealing with it some of us may be permanently impacted. I'd give it a few weeks before I made any major changes on my end unless you just like re-configuring for fun.
There will be fewer and fewer sites allowing connections from browsers ten years out of date as time goes by. The way criminals use the internet continues to evolve so the methodology for stopping them evolves too.
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Probably not.
A greatly simplified explanation- Cloudflare is a company that protects thousands of websites from attacks.
There will be fewer and fewer sites allowing connections from browsers ten years out of date as time goes by. The way criminals use the internet continues to evolve so the methodology for stopping them evolves too.
A greatly simplified explanation- Cloudflare is a company that protects thousands of websites from attacks.
There will be fewer and fewer sites allowing connections from browsers ten years out of date as time goes by. The way criminals use the internet continues to evolve so the methodology for stopping them evolves too.
Please clarify something for me. I use FireFox and it is updated frequently. Do you feel that even though it’s been around a while, it’s still considered out of date regardless?
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You mentioned it is updated frequently. I don't consider that out of date. I also use Firefox with a few extensions.
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No doubt about it. I use Windows 7 with Firefox 56.0 which is terribly outdated, old and discontinued for a long time. But over the years I became so used to it I don't want to give it up. A lot of my financials will not connect to it so I also have Google Chrome when Firefox will not connect or has broken features to a site. I'm not computer savy so I don't like change hence I keep what I'm used to. I disabled Firefox updates long ago.
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No doubt about it. I use Windows 7 with Firefox 56.0 which is terribly outdated, old and discontinued for a long time. But over the years I became so used to it I don't want to give it up. A lot of my financials will not connect to it so I also have Google Chrome when Firefox will not connect or has broken features to a site. I'm not computer savy so I don't like change hence I keep what I'm used to. I disabled Firefox updates long ago.
Use Firefox as your browser and install DuckDuckGo as your search engine so you don’t get tracked. Google tracks and shares your info all over the place, while DuckDuckGo is committed to protecting your information.
Also, you can update to Windows 10 or 11, if your processor is fast enough.
If you can afford a Vette, you can afford a modern computer. I’m old, but newer systems are actually more convenient for the user. Old systems put you at risk and may lose your data. They will generally work with older applications, like your financials.
Last edited by vette4fl; Nov 12, 2023 at 07:55 PM.
