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29-06-2015, 02:16 AM
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Hello, I would like to know if anyone knows of any way to hide the IP address of a Garry's Mod server with CloudFlare and DNS.


Garry's Mod/Source servers are unprotected and CloudFlare would be the perfect solution to this.

I heard that it is possible with SRV DNS records, but I'm not sure if this is legit.

I would appreciate some input on this subject, thanks in advance!

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29-06-2015, 02:17 AM
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I'm not sure how Cloudflare DNS works, but if you can make an SRV (Service record) you can do it easily.

If you go to your CF DNS settings and it says SRV record or Service record I can help you with doing that Smile

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29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
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The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

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29-06-2015, 02:17 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
I'm not sure how Cloudflare DNS works, but if you can make an SRV (Service record) you can do it easily.

If you go to your CF DNS settings and it says SRV record or Service record I can help you with doing that Smile

Awesome! Yes, CloudFlare does indeed have DNS settings and it allows for SRV records.

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
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The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

Hmm, wouldn't SRV DNS work though if I routed an A record's subdomain say, "server.darkrpuploaded.net" and I made an SRV for it with the name "server" and made the port 27015.

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29-06-2015, 02:36 AM
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29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
Pulseeey Wrote:
The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

But your "host" IP is hidden in the CF DNS?

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
CryptAlchemy Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:17 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
I'm not sure how Cloudflare DNS works, but if you can make an SRV (Service record) you can do it easily.

If you go to your CF DNS settings and it says SRV record or Service record I can help you with doing that Smile

Awesome! Yes, CloudFlare does indeed have DNS settings and it allows for SRV records.

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
Pulseeey Wrote:
The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

Hmm, wouldn't SRV DNS work though if I routed an A record's subdomain say, "server.darkrpuploaded.net" and I made an SRV for it with the name "server" and made the port 27015.

SRV records don't need an A record, SRV records are a way to hide port extensions

After looking into it, GM won't support SRV records though. If you're being attacked I'd suggest a new host Tongue

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29-06-2015, 02:39 AM
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29-06-2015, 02:36 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
Pulseeey Wrote:
The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

But your "host" IP is hidden in the CF DNS?

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
CryptAlchemy Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:17 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
I'm not sure how Cloudflare DNS works, but if you can make an SRV (Service record) you can do it easily.

If you go to your CF DNS settings and it says SRV record or Service record I can help you with doing that Smile

Awesome! Yes, CloudFlare does indeed have DNS settings and it allows for SRV records.

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
Pulseeey Wrote:
The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

Hmm, wouldn't SRV DNS work though if I routed an A record's subdomain say, "server.darkrpuploaded.net" and I made an SRV for it with the name "server" and made the port 27015.

SRV records don't need an A record, SRV records are a way to hide port extensions

After looking into it, GM won't support SRV records though. If you're being attacked I'd suggest a new host Tongue

Ah, I see. So if I made an SRV for my Garry's Mod server, pointed it to 27015, and used CloudFlare as the DNS provider, it should technically work?

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Oh, I see. That's too bad. I was hoping that Gmod supported this so that I could host a popular website on the same VPS that I'm hosting Gmod with.

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29-06-2015, 02:39 AM
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29-06-2015, 02:39 AM
CryptAlchemy Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:36 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
Pulseeey Wrote:
The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

But your "host" IP is hidden in the CF DNS?

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
CryptAlchemy Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:17 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
I'm not sure how Cloudflare DNS works, but if you can make an SRV (Service record) you can do it easily.

If you go to your CF DNS settings and it says SRV record or Service record I can help you with doing that Smile

Awesome! Yes, CloudFlare does indeed have DNS settings and it allows for SRV records.

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
Pulseeey Wrote:
The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

Hmm, wouldn't SRV DNS work though if I routed an A record's subdomain say, "server.darkrpuploaded.net" and I made an SRV for it with the name "server" and made the port 27015.

SRV records don't need an A record, SRV records are a way to hide port extensions

After looking into it, GM won't support SRV records though. If you're being attacked I'd suggest a new host Tongue

Ah, I see. So if I made an SRV for my Garry's Mod server, pointed it to 27015, and used CloudFlare as the DNS provider, it should technically work?

After looking into it, GM won't support SRV records though. If you're being attacked I'd suggest a new host Tongue

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29-06-2015, 02:41 AM
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29-06-2015, 02:39 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:39 AM
CryptAlchemy Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:36 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
Pulseeey Wrote:
The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

But your "host" IP is hidden in the CF DNS?

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
CryptAlchemy Wrote:
29-06-2015, 02:17 AM
Azzurra Wrote:
I'm not sure how Cloudflare DNS works, but if you can make an SRV (Service record) you can do it easily.

If you go to your CF DNS settings and it says SRV record or Service record I can help you with doing that Smile

Awesome! Yes, CloudFlare does indeed have DNS settings and it allows for SRV records.

29-06-2015, 02:32 AM
Pulseeey Wrote:
The only way Cloudflare would help, was if your traffic was actually going through their network (I haven't seen a game server do this, it generally doesn't work). Anyone can use dig to search through your DNS records.

Hmm, wouldn't SRV DNS work though if I routed an A record's subdomain say, "server.darkrpuploaded.net" and I made an SRV for it with the name "server" and made the port 27015.

SRV records don't need an A record, SRV records are a way to hide port extensions

After looking into it, GM won't support SRV records though. If you're being attacked I'd suggest a new host Tongue

Ah, I see. So if I made an SRV for my Garry's Mod server, pointed it to 27015, and used CloudFlare as the DNS provider, it should technically work?

After looking into it, GM won't support SRV records though. If you're being attacked I'd suggest a new host Tongue

Thanks for your help anyway, it's really appreciated!

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29-06-2015, 03:27 AM
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No, people can still dig through your DNS regardless of where it is. Cloudflare only hides your IP if you route traffic through them as you would a website.

The only way would be to move host or get a TCP proxy.

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29-06-2015, 03:38 AM
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29-06-2015, 03:27 AM
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No, people can still dig through your DNS regardless of where it is. Cloudflare only hides your IP if you route traffic through them as you would a website.

The only way would be to move host or get a TCP proxy.

After some thought I see this is true, I'd suggest a new host but a proxy is much cheaper, depending on who you choose.

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