edhistory Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 What is CloudFlare doing to my PC?John K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siduhe Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 This may help?http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?12,1420807,1420807#msg-1420807 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Thanks.I have a very old PC and a very slow internet connection (tonight 192kbps [sic]).I'm getting the CouldFlare flash screen displayed.John K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Administrator Posted November 27, 2014 Administrator Share Posted November 27, 2014 What does the Cloudflare flash screen say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 No flash screen tonight. Probably because I have an unusually fast 882kbps connection.I'll do a screen capture next time I see it.John K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siduhe Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Was it this screen you saw? Getting this on Safari iOS hanging for about 10 seconds tonight. Not seen it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 That's it.I've just done screen dump too.The question is just what is it doing to my PC.People with fast connections and/or PCs may not see it.John K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Administrator Posted November 30, 2014 Administrator Share Posted November 30, 2014 First thing to say is that it's nothing to worry about, I installed Cloudflare about three weeks ago and it's safe. It's a 'barrier' to the forum that prevents dodgy robots/spammers accessing the site but I believe it's still just learning what's good and bad right now and so there may be the odd screen like that appearing.Let me know if it continues to happen and is a problem and I'll see if I can adjust it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 It clearly has some sympathy with lonely bots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 More problems this evening.It seems to make itself system modal on my PC for up to about eight seconds.Much longer than needed to pick up browser details or cookie parameters.So what exactly is it doing to my PC?John K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 It's watching you John. Woooooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Administrator Posted December 4, 2014 Administrator Share Posted December 4, 2014 It's more a question of what your PC is doing to it. There's something about your PC that means it has to to go through some hoops. I'll see if I can add you to the safe IP list.As for lonely bots, I think that's just way beyond the realm of forum technology to get involved with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I'm starting to see the image when logging in from work. No idea what system there before anyone asks, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 edhistory, it's not doing anything to your PC... probably just executing some javascript which takes a long time to run on your old PC and slow connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blah Blah Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 it's playing up tonight. Keeps redirecting my connection, even though I am logged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Administrator Posted January 6, 2015 Administrator Share Posted January 6, 2015 Could you explain what redirecting your connection means? What exactly are you seeing? What URL are you looking at? DO you know what your IP is? The more information about the symptoms I get the more chance I have of working out the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowboarder Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hello - I consistently get the cloudflare page screengrab that siduhe posted - on my macbook with safari and on my iphone...have done for a while now...Not a problem I suppose but it does seem to slow things down. Is it me or the EDF that causes it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Administrator Posted January 26, 2015 Administrator Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi, I'm get it too, a lot more in the last week. I've not changed any settings on Cloudflare but I'll have a look into it and see what's up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Me too in the last couple of days, both home PC and phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blah Blah Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Yeah it's flashing up for me again when I post something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 CloudFlare started doing something to my PC this morning around 9am that caused it to freeze.John K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I just got a Captcha security screen when first clicking on my short cut to the forum along with a "I am not a robot" click. Never seen it before, refreshed and it went away.Ah, just saw the other thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I'd never see it beforeNow about 3 times in 20 minsI thought it was some new forum gee gaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 CloudFlare appears to be trying to run unauthorised javascript on my PC.John K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another annie Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I'm getting this orange CloudFlare/Captcha message, too, it started last Saturday. Found it a bit worrying, so I'm slightly relieved it seems it's not just me. When I click back on the EDF on my shortcuts bar it goes away, but reappears next time I visit, or sometimes pops up again in the same session if I'm on the forum a while. Sometimes the message says 'You're nearly there', though I've been careful not to click anywhere in the Cloudflare window.I'm using Safari on a Mac. It's not happening at work, where we have a pc using Google Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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