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How does Cloudflare know what the searches were made over the internet ? I am assuming all communication happening over search engines is TLS protected.
by oplane 2y ago
How does Cloudflare know what the searches were made over the internet ? I am assuming all communication happening over search engines is TLS protected.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y agoNew account "just asking questions".
- oplane 2y agoThanks Boss, totally wasn’t the intention. But I mistakenly assumed traffic was all related to “search”. Now I am not a fool anymore by “just asking question”.
- jgrahamc 2y agoThere's nothing in this blog about searches. It's just raw traffic data across all the sites/services that use us. So this is showing overall change in traffic while the eclipse was happening and isn't related to what people were actually doing on the Internet.
- tomschwiha 2y agoWhat do you mean by searches? The article talks about internet traffic in general, which they can monitor.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y agoCloudflare MITM lots of connections plus they run a DNS server so they know exactly what you're up to.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoRunning a DNS server lets them know what site you're going to, just like everyone who sees the secured request also knows, right? Otherwise there'd be no way for the request to end up at the right location. I suppose they might have an advantage with an encrypted DNS, but I don't think it's much of a MITM if you're sending your request to them to find out where to go.
- quesera 2y agoCloudflare terminates SSL for all customers behind their DDOS protection, by necessity. GP is technically correct, but is tilting at windmills at best, making veiled accusations at worst.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoOh, interesting. I didn't realize that.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y agoWas it veiled? Sorry. Cloudflare is an arm of the US government helping to eavesdrop on all internet traffic.
- quesera 2y agoAll US companies follow US law. It sounds goofy, I know, but it's a cultural thing. When you operate at Cloudflare's scale, you receive a lot of inquiries from law enforcement in all countries. See also Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Verizon, Linode, Hurricane Electric, et cetera ad inifinitum. If your accusation is more specific than that, you'll want to rethink the word "arm" which is clearly incorrect and makes you sound like a loon.