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		tcmb on Jan 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Does Cloudflare block HN comments if you h... Isn't the SSL certificate being issued by Cloudflare a giveaway? I'm guessing it's a sufficient condition, bit not a necessary one. I.e, a could be using Cloudflare's WAF with a SSL cert issued by somebody else.

judge2020 on Jan 14, 2024 [–]

Cloudflare can issue from Google Trust Services/Digicert with ACM[0] and often does even without ACM (although maybe only for Business/Enterprise domains).

0: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/adva...

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