# Discourse Link previews through a proxy server?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [25. Oktober 2017 um 01:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720 "2017-10-25T01:34:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [26. Oktober 2017 um 05:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720/20 "2017-10-26T05:42:45Z")

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No, this isn’t so. The entire premise of CloudFlare is that it works great against even nation state attacks as long as they DO NOT figure out your real IP.

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