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   Message 196,443 of 197,590   
   pothead to Schugo   
   Re: Cloudflare blocking   
   24 Dec 25 17:40:36   
   
   XPost: alt.windows7.general, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2025-12-24, Schugo  wrote:   
   > On 24.12.2025 17:26, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> On 2025/12/24 16:14:42, pothead wrote:   
   >>   
   >> []   
   >>   
   >>> He can also explore this site and see if anything surfaces.   
   >>>   
   >>> https://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Interesting. First, I got the "checking you are human" type words from   
   >> Cloudflare, then it let me through to the site.   
   >>   
   >> The "Check Your IP Address. Your IP address has been auto-filled in the   
   >> box below. Click the "blacklist check" next to it and you'll then see   
   >> checkmarks on the list." Well, an IP address was indeed filled in   
   >> (though in faint grey!), but next to it it says CHECK IP ADDRESS rather   
   >> than "blacklist check"; a fairly minor matter, but doesn't fill one with   
   >> confidence if a site doesn't know what its own buttons have on them!   
   >>   
   >> Anyway, I clicked it, and got the following (in the list of blacklists   
   >> below it):   
   >>   
   >> green tick "IP Not Listed (Good!)" - all of them   
   >> red ! "IP Listed (Bad!) - none of them   
   >> blue ? "Blacklist Timeout Error" - none of them   
   >> black ? "Blacklist Offline" - none of them   
   >>   
   >> so, if I understand it right: all the blacklists it checks are working   
   >> and responded in time, and none of them listed my IP.   
   >   
   > That's only spam related blacklists. CF blacklists are not public.   
   >   
   > "...if you’re being blocked from accessing certain Cloudflare protected   
   > websites is because their owners have chosen to block you. Likely not *you*   
   in   
   > particular, but they have certain rules to apply blocks to certain requests   
   > under certain conditions in which your requests are falling into."   
   >   
   > ciao..   
      
   That is correct!   
      
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
   Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views,   
   but then are shocked and offended to discover that there   
    are other views.   
      
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   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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