How is it that CloudFlare has become an obsticle to web browsing?

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OldConductor Author

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How is it that CloudFlare has become an obsticle to web browsing?

I recently received this message when using safari.

What gives?

How is this bypassed?

Error 1010 Ray ID: 11b9bc96253e0707

Access denied

What happened?

The owner of this website (woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com) has banned your access based on your browser's signature (11b9bc96253e0707-mh5).

CloudFlare Ray ID: 11b9bc96253e0707 • Your IP: 50.184.170.104 • Help • Performance & security by CloudFlare

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), This is a recent occurrence

Posted on Apr 15, 2014 10:22 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 15, 2014 11:31 AM in response to OldConductor

It's most likely CloudFlare security > Home | CloudFlare | The web performance & security company

Apparently, it can't be bypassed.

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Answer 2

xxdesmus

Level 1

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Apr 15, 2014 2:20 PM in response to OldConductor

Hi,

You'll need to contact the website owner. The message you're seeing indicates exactly what the issue is:

OldConductor wrote:

"The owner of this website (woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com) has banned your access based on your browser's signature"

The owner of the website -- not CloudFlare -- has decided to block your particular web browser. So the only person who can remove that block would be the website owner. I would encourage you to use a different web browser, and then contact the owner of the website with the full text of the message you're seeing. They can then open a support ticket with CloudFlare's support folks if they need help with the security feature they've enabled on their website.

Disclaimer: I work at CloudFlare. The above information is correct. CloudFlare is not the one blocking you, the security feature the website owner has decided to enable is the cause for the block.

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