Cloudfare is checking my browser again

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16 Apr 2013, 11:19 am

Is WP being attacked again? I've had my browser checked three times over the last 20 minutes (I'm on my Kindle Fire on a secure public school network).

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16 Apr 2013, 6:10 pm

No - the attacks were dealt with a while ago now and I've had no CloudFlare-related intrusions for some time either.
At a guess I'd say it's something related to the network you're connecting from - CloudFlare security checking works in strange and mysterious ways...

If possible, please check using your Kindle Fire and the same browser connecting through another network - home, maybe? - and let us know what happens then.

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16 Apr 2013, 11:37 pm

MakaylaTheAspie wrote:

secure public school network

Yeah, that's probably it - I know here in Sydney, regardless of where we are, the traffic comes from Circular Quay, where the proxy servers are - So that's probably Cloudflare checking the proxy.

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17 Apr 2013, 12:27 am

Thanks, Cornflake. I tried it on my home WiFi and it did the same exact thing. I didn't get it on my PC, though. It might just be issues with my Kindle or something.

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17 Apr 2013, 12:56 am

MakaylaTheAspie wrote:

Thanks, Cornflake. I tried it on my home WiFi and it did the same exact thing. I didn't get it on my PC, though. It might just be issues with my Kindle or something.

Unfamiliar Useragents...

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19 Apr 2013, 6:45 am

MakaylaTheAspie wrote:

Thanks, Cornflake. I tried it on my home WiFi and it did the same exact thing. I didn't get it on my PC, though. It might just be issues with my Kindle or something.

That looks most likely now - not necessarily something nasty, and could just be odd quirks or bugs with the Kindle's stock browser. I doubt it's caused only by an unfamiliar browser user agent as bcousins suggests, although it's a possibility.
The Kindle browser can probably be replaced if necessary (something better/less buggy?) but I'm unfamiliar with that device.

I suggest you try contacting CloudFlare's technical support here: https://support.cloudflare.com/home (the "Submit a Request" link)
This appears to be aimed more at those sites using CloudFlare than users trying to connect to those sites, but it should hopefully still be a good starting point.
It's worth mentioning to them that this is device-related, since you get the same problem on two networks and on at least one of those networks, a different device has no problem.

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22 Apr 2013, 11:35 am

I updated my Kindle's software, and that seems to have solved the problem. Thanks again for the help.

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22 Apr 2013, 2:12 pm

Ah, good news!

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