#Proxy
Laravel Behind a Proxy Sees 127.0.0.1 — Silent Form, No Error
A contact form on DirectAdmin says the sender is not human, sends no mail, and leaves every log silent — the cause is Laravel behind nginx-to-apache seeing $request->ip() as 127.0.0.1, failing the bot check and returning before the mail is sent, with an explanation of why TrustProxies must not use '*'
Mail Stopped After Moving to Cloudflare — Proxied Mail Records
After adding a domain to Cloudflare and pointing DNS at the host, incoming mail suddenly stops — the most common cause I see is leaving mail/smtp/pop records proxied (orange cloud), even though Cloudflare's proxy only handles HTTP/S. This article covers which records must be grey + token/SSL pitfalls.
LAN Access for a Team of 7 Without Open Ports: Cloudflare Zero Trust
A team of 7 needs RDP access to machines on the LAN without opening any ports to the internet — the Cloudflare Zero Trust architecture (WARP + cloudflared), with 3 lessons from implementation: a forgotten IdP setup, Gateway defaults that allow everything, and the default-deny rule people forget most often