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dubdub211
Member

290 Posts
12/23
Posted - Apr 24 2026 : 1:44PM
No idea why, but when I try to come to this site via my regular Chrome browser or Firefox, I'm met with a "Cloudflare has blocked you" screen.

Is this on Cloudflare's end or can I be whitelisted on the forum's end?

I haven't changed anything in my router or done anything else knowingly to warrant this, so idk why this is happening. Currently accessing the site through a VPN.

Flash All-Star Supporter
Golden Age Classic

11016 Posts
5/01
Posted - Apr 24 2026 : 1:59PM
You should see a code on the block notice. We would need that and your IP to look into it.
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8039 Posts
9/99
Posted - Apr 24 2026 : 3:42PM
If you're on Comcast we've been getting hammered by bots on Comcast residential proxy IP addresses. I have systems that automatically block IP ranges temporarily but if the range gets blocked more than 10 times it becomes permanent.

HumptyRumpty
Senior Member

1678 Posts
8/18
Posted - Apr 25 2026 : 10:46AM
^ I'm on Comcast. Yesterday, I got the same "blocked" message that @dubdub211 got. It's all good today, Saturday.
dubdub211
Member

290 Posts
12/23
Posted - Apr 25 2026 : 12:49PM
Yeah as HumptyRumpty said, it seems to have fixed itself. I'm on Comcast as well.
 
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8039 Posts
9/99
Posted - Apr 26 2026 : 4:07PM
For the moment I switched from blocking to managed challenges. I have a new bot blocking system in the works. They have really gotten out of control. Appears there are lots of people renting their home cable and fiber connections to anonymous proxy services. I need to get a little more surgical with the blocking logic.

To put things in perspective a handful of bots from Comcast can generate 6k page requests per minute with rotating IP addresses. They change IP addresses after 5 requests. If I block an IP address they show up almost immediately afterwards with a different IP. Thus far the only way to prevent this stuff has to been to block the whole ASN. This has the very unfortunate side effect of blocking legitimate traffic. But it's a tradeoff of sorts. Allow the bots and they sometimes take the whole site offline, block them and real users get blocked too.

TedColonial
Member

132 Posts
1/22
Posted - Apr 27 2026 : 3:53PM
In the last few weeks, I've been occasionally, temporarily blocked with the same Cloudflare message. Including last week.

I'm also on Comcast.

I appreciate your efforts to try to block the bots.

Though I get on nearly every day, I only check a few threads (which I subscribe to), and don't post a lot. So, I figured it wasn't traffic from me specifically.

Hopefully, I won't get permanently blocked due to other bad actors.

If I do, how do I contact someone to get unblocked? Or is that not necessary?

Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8039 Posts
9/99
Posted - Apr 28 2026 : 6:57AM
I should have the new bot guard system in place within the next week.
Lexifan99
Member

571 Posts
6/23
Posted - Apr 28 2026 : 5:36PM
what is the point of bots doing this? is it just someone causing malicious mayhem because they dont like porn or some of the admins \ site owners personally? is it just random?
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8039 Posts
9/99
Posted - Apr 29 2026 : 4:40AM
Some of it is random, some of it is deliberately trying to extract data from the site. To give you an idea, here's a deliberate one from last night. Just one Charter Communications IP address making 35k requests. Roughly 1500 requests every 5 mins.

Whoever is operating this bot network will often send a swarm of 5 to 10 scarpers at a time making requests like this. The peaks are around 6k requests/minute making it through the defenses to the servers that host the site.

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Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8039 Posts
9/99
Posted - Apr 29 2026 : 5:25AM
And this is a more typical swarm pattern from yesterday evening around 7:30pm. This is a little over 10 mins of data. Almost 3k requests per minute making their way to the server spread out over a few IP addresses. These requests were mostly to price search pages. No real user makes 400+ page requests in a 10 minute period

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TedColonial
Member

132 Posts
1/22
Posted - Apr 30 2026 : 1:40AM
Thanks for your effort. I used to be a web site admin. This kind of tedium is no fun.
Panoramata
Senior Member

16654 Posts
11/06
Posted - Aug 16 2026 : 5:22PM
Starting with today , my laptop's adress is sometimes blocked. Then after 1 or 2 times trying again, I can access. Strange....

Writing from my mobile phone.

Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8039 Posts
9/99
Posted - Aug 16 2026 : 6:01PM
Email me the blocked message when it happens. drew@adt
Panoramata
Senior Member

16654 Posts
11/06
Posted - Aug 16 2026 : 6:53PM
^

thanks, done

 
jackdore
Member

533 Posts
6/16
Posted - Aug 20 2026 : 4:41PM
Sometimes I can access the forum, other times am continually referred to age verification though can get through to reviews and interviews.
Oliverleo
Member

59 Posts
1/25
Posted - Oct 22 2026 : 11:12AM
Hello everyone, how are you all? I've also returned to this forum after a long time. Yes, I experienced the same issue once. If you're using a paid VPN, try resetting its settings. You might have accidentally enabled an option that prevents third-party websites from opening. After that, clear your browser's cookies and cache. You can also go to your browser settings, clear the cache and browsing history, and then try accessing the forum again. I went through these same steps myself, so I know about this issue from personal experience. Hopefully, this will help you fix it!
Dirkmaster
New Member

1 Posts
11/26
Posted - Nov 14 2026 : 3:53PM
Greetings all. I have occasionally tried to use this site from links on IAFD, and was always blocked. Today I saw the registration link, and as an experiment I turned off my Mozilla VPN. Went thru the registration process without issue. While waiting for the invitation email, I turned the VPN back on. When the email came, I tried to use it and it said I was blocked again (this was now in a different browser, as I use Brave for email, and Firefox for porn). I turned off the VPN, and it still wouldn't work in Brave. I copied the reply link and pasted it into Firefox, and it worked and I was able to complete registration. My question is: will I have to turn off my VPN any time I wish to use this site, or will the register'd sign in, get me past whatever is blocking me. I really don't want to have to come here "naked".
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8039 Posts
9/99
Posted - Nov 15 2026 : 6:16AM
When you turn your VPN on go to whatismyipaddress.com to get the IP that the VPN provider gives you. Email that to me at drew@adultdvdtalk.com and I'll look to see if it's part of one of the block lists.

Some VPN providers allow their services to be used for malicious purposes. I block the entire VPN provider's network when that happens.

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