Cool - that's for the update!
Back to my own WAF tuning :rofl:

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM Shlomo Solomon <[email protected]>
wrote:

> As expected, I got a "generic" answer from Isracard support - my IP was
> blocked because of suspected attack attempts from that IP during the
> war.
> But since the IP belongs to an Israeli ISP, that answer is really not
> very logical.
>
>
> In any case, thanks to all who tried to help.
>
>
> On Tue, 13 May 2025 15:42:41 +0300
> Shlomo Solomon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > You are absolutely right.
> > After several hours on the Isracard Whatsapp, they asked for my public
> > IP and were able to allow me access.
> > Obviously I do not know why I was blocked or how they un-blocked me,
> > but all is well now.
> >
> > I asked for an explanation of what was the cause, but I doubt that
> > they will answer me.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 13 May 2025 15:29:24 +0300
> > Michael Tewner <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > You're reaching CloudFlare because Isracard uses the CloudFlare CDN
> > > in order to cache and secure the website. I assume they're
> > > specifically using CloudFlare's Web Application Firewall service to
> > > block unwanted requests at the perimeter instead of allowing
> > > unwanted traffic to make it to their servers.
> > >
> > > As such, digital.isracard.co.il is resolving (using CNAME records)
> > > to CloudFlare's service.
> > >
> > > Keep in mind that "ping" and "traceroute" aren't proper tests for
> > > connectivity to HTTP and HTTPS services. Most platforms, including
> > > CloudFlare, will block these requests (both are based on ICMP
> > > packets, not TCP). A better check would be something like
> > > tcptraceroute, but even those may be blocked by Web Application
> > > Firewalls (WAF) for a multitude of reasons, including identifying
> > > the request as a "scan" due to its low TCP TTL values.
> > >
> > > Anyways, the reason you're not getting through seems to be that
> > > CloudFlare thinks you're a risk for some reason.
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM Dotan Shavit <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > בברכה,
> > > > דותן שביט,
> > > > 0544-456656
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 13 May 2025 at 14:36, Shlomo Solomon
> > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> nslookup verifies that you are right:
> > > >>
> > > >> nslookup digital.isracard.co.il
> > > >> Server:         127.0.0.53
> > > >> Address:        127.0.0.53#53
> > > >>
> > > >> Non-authoritative answer:
> > > >> digital.isracard.co.il  canonical name =
> > > >> digital.isracard.co.il.cdn.cloudflare.net. Name:
> > > >> digital.isracard.co.il.cdn.cloudflare.net Address: 192.118.12.104
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I don't see anything unusual in cat /etc/resolv.conf
> > > >> nameserver 127.0.0.53
> > > >> options edns0 trust-ad
> > > >> search Dlink
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Changing the nameserver to 8.8.8.8 did not help. nslookup now
> > > >> shows that 8.8.8.8 is providing the DNS:
> > > >>
> > > >> nslookup digital.isracard.co.il
> > > >> Server:         8.8.8.8
> > > >> Address:        8.8.8.8#53
> > > >>
> > > >> Non-authoritative answer:
> > > >> digital.isracard.co.il  canonical name =
> > > >> digital.isracard.co.il.cdn.cloudflare.net. Name:
> > > >> digital.isracard.co.il.cdn.cloudflare.net Address: 192.118.12.104
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> But still no response from ping and I still cannot access the web
> > > >> site.
> > > >>
> > > >> I also tried traceroute but the destination is not reached
> > > >
> > > > traceroute will show you the network components it reaches. check
> > > > the last one to understand if for example you are blocked within
> > > > your local network.
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tue, 13 May 2025 14:05:54 +0300
> > > >> Gal Gur-Arie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > CloudFlare are giving a DDOS protection services for various
> > > >> > hosts, including the one that you're trying to reach.
> > > >> > What is the output of:
> > > >> > nslookup digital.isracard.co.il
> > > >> >
> > > >> > What is the output of: cat /etc/resolv.conf
> > > >> > ?
> > > >> > maybe, try to modify the name servers just for the test to:
> > > >> > nameserver 1.1.1.1
> > > >> > nameserver 8.8.8.8
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM Shlomo Solomon
> > > >> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > I am not able to reach Isracard at digital.isracard.co.il.
> > > >> > > The browser times out and reports ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Customer support says there is no problem.
> > > >> > > https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ also says the site is
> > > >> > > up.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I tried ping digital.isracard.co.il and got no result.
> > > >> > > Then I noticed that ping is trying to test a different
> > > >> > > address.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > ping digital.isracard.co.il
> > > >> > > PING digital.isracard.co.il.cdn.cloudflare.net
> > > >> > > (192.118.12.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > So why is my ping being sent to cloudflare.net and not
> > > >> > > isracard.co.il?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I should add that I do have a domain name registered at
> > > >> > > cloudflare, but I don't see any reason for the strange ping
> > > >> > > behaviour or the fact that I cannot reach the Isracard site.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > And I will also add that I have no problem with other web
> > > >> > > sites.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > --
> > > >> > > Shlomo Solomon
> > > >> > > http://the-solomons.net
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