Cloudflare record, orange cloud on or grey?
Orange (proxied) routes through Cloudflare, grey (DNS-only) is plain DNS resolution.
support/hosting-domeinen-dns/cloudflare-proxied-vs-dns-onlysteps: 4
Try this first
- Websites: orange, you get CDN, WAF, SSL for free
- Mail servers: grey, otherwise SMTP routing breaks
- SSH or non-HTTP services: grey
- Hide origin IP behind orange for extra DDoS protection
When to bring us in
Unexpected IP in dig output is a Cloudflare proxy IP, that's intentional.
See also
- Domain expires tomorrow and nobody saw the emailAn expired domain doesn't transfer instantly. There's a redemption window, but you pay extra.
- Unsure whether to enable auto-renewDisabling auto-renew only makes sense for domains you'll truly drop. For anything live, just keep it on.
- New registrar asks for auth code, can't find itEPP code or transfer code is the password to move a domain from registrar A to B.
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