Disclaimer
This guide is solely for educational purposes only. Any acts of hacking taught here is for Ethical Hacking. Any hacking actions done without permission of owner is considered an illegal act by the law. Hence, do practice on your own network structure and your own devices.
In this tutorial I will tell you how to find the actual IP behind Cloud Flare and possibly other reverse proxy services. This is crucial considering that when you try to attack a web application or website, it is much more advisable to create a local DNS in your computer and shoot to the direct IP of the website. With this, you bypass security measures and restrictive measures in Cloud Flare.
What is Cloud Flare?
Cloud flare and other reverse proxy services can make websites faster and safer. One of the benefits of these services is that they add a layer of anonymity to mask a website’s hosting provider and other details.
By using a reverse proxy service, it can be very difficult or even impossible for someone on the outside to figure out who the hosting provider is that’s originating the website. This makes it possible for content owners to remain anonymous and hide the origin IP address of their web server to protect the originating server from attacks.
There are several tools to find information behind the Cloud Flare:
