Hiding IP address

[user19631]

Hello there,
We have a website and want to avoid revelaing ip address and that’s a must for us.
So recently we tried to use Cloudflare for hiding ip and set all proxy status to dns only. Upon checking on internet (hostingchecker.com & Similar sites) it still is revealing hosting details including ip address.
But when we turned on proxy status to proxied it did hide everything.

My question is can’t we hide ip just with dns only option ? Additionally please help us other ways of hiding ip.

[fritex]

Greetings,

Thank you for asking.

@user19631

and set all proxy status to dns only.

@user19631

But when we turned on proxy status to proxied it did hide everything

Should be proxied and set to if you want to “hide” it.

If you are using Cloudflare for your domain name, you could “mask” your real origin host / server IP by switching your hostname DNS records like A www and A yourdomain.com to proxied mode cloud.

That way, the IP for the A type of DNS record would be seen as it’s from USA, Cloudflare.

Cloudflare hides your origin server IP addresses for traffic you proxy to Cloudflare. As an extra security precaution, we recommend contacting your hosting provider and requesting new origin server IPs.
Source article: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170166-Best-Practices-DDoS-preventative-measures

@user19631

with dns only option

No, it shows the origin IP and it’s shown when doing a lookup.

@user19631

Additionally please help us other ways of hiding ip.

I am afraid your IP was already exposed to some online scanning services and similar like DNS history for your domain name.

You could use some relay server to “hide” your real IP, but I doubt as it would end up in some of the e-mail headers (if not being removed) - which could cause possible issues to your e-mail not being delivered or marked as a junk one.

Or some solution as a proxy/relay server of JavaPipe infront of your origin (for specific/needed ports) for example:

Remote DDoS Protection (Instantly Stop DDoS Attacks)

Otherwise, I would suggest using Cloudflare Business or even Enterprise plan for SMTP including the Cloudflare Spectrum service:

• https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/configuration-options#smtp

Is your e-mail being hosted on the same origin host / server as your Website?

Best practices for MX records on Cloudflare:

Use separate IP addresses for mail traffic and HTTP/HTTPS traffic. Cloudflare recommends using non-contiguous IPs from different IP ranges.

In terms of using e-mail with Cloudflare:

Email Troubleshooting

This tutorial covers the steps you should take if, when you change your domain to point to Cloudflare, you no longer receive emails to your domain. If you follow this tutorial and still need further help, please let us know what you have tried and share your domain name and, if possible, a redacted screenshot of your DNS records in Cloudflare. [Cloudflare Community Tutorial - Troubleshooting Email Delivery Issues] 1. Do you have the correct MX records set for your domain? You will…

If worried about the notice at the DNS tab like “XX DNS record exposing your origin IP address”:

An A, AAAA, CNAME, or MX record is pointed to your origin server exposing your origin IP address

This tutorial post covers the following messages: Some of your DNS only records are exposing IPs that are proxied through Cloudflare or This record exposes the IP behind example.com which you have proxied through Cloudflare. To fix this, change its proxy status. Normally your IP address is hidden by Cloudflare and any lookups would see a Cloudflare IP address rather than that of your origin server. This message appears when a DNS record is exposing the origin IP address. There are several p…

You should either use cloudflared tunnel in this case and make sure all the required DNS records are proxied and set to (except email related ones).