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[Tumshie]

@RichM Help please. 

 

The other day when I opened CWDF on my iPad for a few seconds before it opened I got a white screen with a message on it saying

 

"checking your browser before accessing canalworld(dot)net"

DDoS protection by cloudflare

Ray ID

 

I opened the site page on my MacBook and got the same message, just briefly they didn't last long, and then CWDF opened as usual. 

 

I just wondered why this happened, is it something that CWDF triggered from behind the scenes or is it something else...... Are we prone to DDoS attacks, I can't imagine why..... And what it a Ray ID?

 

I have a screen shot from my iPad but until I know what a Ray ID is then I don't want to post it online. 

 

 

 

 

[philjw]

Does this help?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49968948/what-is-a-ray-id-cloudflare

[Machpoint005]

Clear as mud.

Get Firefox (and Avast!)?

[Tumshie]

2 minutes ago, philjw said:

Does this help?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49968948/what-is-a-ray-id-cloudflare

Hmmmm..... ?Sort of.

 

It would probably make more sense if I understood it better but, yes thank you I now get the general gist. 

 

 

[NB Esk]

19 minutes ago, Tumshie said:

@RichM Help please. 

 

The other day when I opened CWDF on my iPad for a few seconds before it opened I got a white screen with a message on it saying

 

"checking your browser before accessing canalworld(dot)net"

DDoS protection by cloudflare

Ray ID

 

I opened the site page on my MacBook and got the same message, just briefly they didn't last long, and then CWDF opened as usual. 

 

I just wondered why this happened, is it something that CWDF triggered from behind the scenes or is it something else...... Are we prone to DDoS attacks, I can't imagine why..... And what it a Ray ID?

 

I have a screen shot from my iPad but until I know what a Ray ID is then I don't want to post it online. 

 

 

 

 

I used to have a Ray gun, when I was a kid.  It was ace. ?

 

 

[Tumshie]

6 minutes ago, NB Esk said:

I used to have a Ray gun, when I was a kid.  It was ace. ?

So is the Ray ID the bit you had to tipex out if you wanted to use to to commit a crime, Bugsy Malone style. 

 

 

[MtB]

35 minutes ago, NB Esk said:

I used to have a Ray gun, when I was a kid.  It was ace. ?

 

 

 

I had one too but it never seemed to work properly. 

 

[RichM]

This is a security feature we use to help prevent spam bots and various other attacks on Canal World. You may see it from time to time. Nothing to worry about. 

[Alan de Enfield]

1 hour ago, Tumshie said:

@RichM Help please. 

 

The other day when I opened CWDF on my iPad for a few seconds before it opened I got a white screen with a message on it saying

 

"checking your browser before accessing canalworld(dot)net"

DDoS protection by cloudflare

Ray ID

 

I opened the site page on my MacBook and got the same message, just briefly they didn't last long, and then CWDF opened as usual. 

 

I just wondered why this happened, is it something that CWDF triggered from behind the scenes or is it something else...... Are we prone to DDoS attacks, I can't imagine why..... And what it a Ray ID?

 

I have a screen shot from my iPad but until I know what a Ray ID is then I don't want to post it online. 

 

 

 

 

I've had it as well.

[Tumshie]

11 minutes ago, RichM said:

This is a security feature we use to help prevent spam bots and various other attacks on Canal World. You may see it from time to time. Nothing to worry about. 

Thank you - And thanks for getting back so quickly. 

[bizzard]

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt.

[Tumshie]

12 minutes ago, bizzard said:

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt.

I think it's quite obvious that I'm an idiot., and my keeping quite isn't going to remove any doubt of that - it just means less people might know. Which would only matter if I actually cared. 

[cuthound]

Is RayID a relative of RayT's? ?

[MtB]

4 hours ago, Tumshie said:

I think it's quite obvious that I'm an idiot.,

 

Its perfectly obvious you are anything but!

 

I bet not many Bogles can type as well as you can... let alone construct a coherent case to support their point of view. AMAZING. Human, almost....