CloudFlare acts as a reverse proxy and caches site content.
Is it possible to see my site's real IP address if I'm using a CDN like CloudFlare?
When I check my site's IP address using a lookup service, I get CloudFlare's IP address.
There are a few smart ways, so in theory it is sometimes possible, but only with a bad admin configuration. In practice it's about impossible.
For example, try getting the IP address of a site's DNS records like: cpanel.domain, webmail.domain, etc... Maybe they'll point to the real IP address if they're not proxied through CloudFlare.
CloudFlare wasn't made for nothing - it's an anti-DDoS service and a CDN, which will also protect a website by protecting it's IP address.
answered Sep 12 '14 at 6:13
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thanks for your input, i already tried all moethods but it looke quite difficult for me to get the specific site's ip address, i didnt knew hiding server real ip was one of the services provided by cloudflare. i tried direct and few others sub-domains., – user43396 Sep 12 '14 at 12:12
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4Using CloudFlare means that our IPs are going to show in a lookup against the domain (we're a reverse proxy). – damoncloudflare Sep 12 '14 at 19:37
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