"Proxied by" = traffic is going through a middle server.
Why? Could be for speed (caching), security (firewall), or privacy (hiding your IP).
If you’re debugging, check out Fiddler—it shows how proxies handle your requests step-by-step.
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Thanks everyone! This makes way more sense now. I didn’t realize proxies could do so much—filtering, caching, all that.
Gonna try out Wireshark later to see it in action. Appreciate the dumbed-down explanations!
Quick follow-up: If a site says "proxied by Cloudflare," does that mean Cloudflare can see all my data? Or just the traffic?
Why? Could be for speed (caching), security (firewall), or privacy (hiding your IP).
If you’re debugging, check out Fiddler—it shows how proxies handle your requests step-by-step.
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Thanks everyone! This makes way more sense now. I didn’t realize proxies could do so much—filtering, caching, all that.
Gonna try out Wireshark later to see it in action. Appreciate the dumbed-down explanations!
Quick follow-up: If a site says "proxied by Cloudflare," does that mean Cloudflare can see all my data? Or just the traffic?