So if we have communications black out is there anyone to get back up on the computer to see what is actually going on? I am trying to figure out what this cloudflare is and if that will allow me access. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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You don’t “get” cloudflare. Cloudflare is used by those with servers on the Internet providing content (web pages and such). Cloudflare isn’t purchased by end users. Cloudflare is a Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Why a CDN? A single server or even a group of servers located at one site (data center) exposed directly to the Internet can be taken down by sending them enough garbage traffic that legitimate traffic can’t get to the servers for them to respond to user browsers.
A CDN provides a new “front door” to the server(s). It is done as a proxy. The real servers are hidden behind the Cloudflare proxy servers. When your browser talks to the “web site” it is actually talking to a Cloudflare proxy server and the Cloudflare proxy server is talking to the real server(s).
Now, the good part. Using some Internet routing trickery, the web site is made to show up at multiple locations around the world, depending on how close the browser is; multiple “front doors”. Additionally, Cloudflare has massive Internet circuits, Denial of Service protection, and works with ISPs to drop attack traffic BEFORE it loads of the Internet circuits to the Cloudflare proxy servers.
Basically, if you want to talk to “The Boss”, you gotta go through “Tiny”. Nobody talks directly to “The Boss”.