Re: IETF web site behind CloudFlare

On Sep 17, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Ross Finlayson <finlayson(_at_)live555(_dot_)com> 
wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:56 AM, David Conrad <drc(_at_)virtualized(_dot_)org> 
> wrote:
> > If a connection attempt is made to a CloudFlare customer from a source IP 
> > address used in an attack, that connection is thrown over to a CAPTCHA.
> Can the IETF not be trusted to secure it's own server(s)?  
Sure. How much do you want to spend?

> Why have we contracted to a 3rd party that chooses to act as a 'Nanny’?
Odd phrasing. It’s a feature of the service CloudFlare sells. It is (or was, 
haven’t looked in a number of years) tunable.

Regards,
-drc

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