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Old Jul 30, 2018 | 11:10 am
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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?
Originally Posted by josephstern
I'd guess that's just what happens when you go to a Cloudflare-protected site during a heavy, active DDoS attack.
This is correct. We experienced a DDoS attack, so Cloudflare went into "high alert"
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