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> this means a court order can't block a single cloudflare site without blocking every cloudflare site Not true. Cloudflare can't block only a single web site

> this means a court order can't block a single cloudflare site without blocking every cloudflare site Not true. Cloudflare can't block only a single web site _by IP address_ but that's pretty common with IPv4, The same is true of Fastly and AWS and I'd be shocked if there's a mass-market CDN out there that has a unique IPv4 address per customer. They can absolutely block any site they want at the application layer (SNI or Host header or whatever they use, IDK, I'm a network guy).

blibble 9mo ago
> I'd be shocked if there's a mass-market CDN out there that has a unique IPv4 address per customer. fortunately you only need to farm out the ones out that are under court orders > They can absolutely block any site they want at the application layer (SNI or Host header or whatever they use, IDK, I'm a network guy). these court orders usually work by getting end user ISPs (which are regulated) to block or reroute the IP and/or DNS entry neither of which can be realistically done due to conscious decisions by cloudflare