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Old Jul 29, 2018 | 10:32 pm
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Originally Posted by bldr1k
I don't understand the Cloudflare implementation. I use dozens of websites protected by Cloudflare and none of them require me to wait for 5 (or more) seconds while it checks my browser. Is this some kind of throttling?
I'd guess that's just what happens when you go to a Cloudflare-protected site during a heavy, active DDoS attack.
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