Ask HN: Connection timed out

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2 points by sph130 4616 days ago

Just out of curiosity... Can anyone explain what happened here: Hacker News was down for me and it had some interesting information.

Connection timed out

the initial connection between CloudFlare's network and the origin web server timed out. As a result, the web page can not be displayed.

(Then some other information such as IP and CloudFlare Location: Newark)

Did it go down for everyone? What is cloudflare doing? What is the benefit of having a "middle man" as it seems?

2 comments

kogir 4616 days ago

We now use CloudFlare to filter traffic after a DDoS last night caused our hosting provider to null-route our IP.

The specific message you saw is just HN timing out occasionally, likely during a GC. I'm working on improving general performance, but keep having to put out other fires first.

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sph130 4616 days ago

very productive morning.. but now an unproductive midmorning to catch up.

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