# Reverse proxy for Discourse | Real IP masking

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-proxy-for-discourse-real-ip-masking/275611>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [August 17, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-proxy-for-discourse-real-ip-masking/275611 "2023-08-17T20:08:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-proxy-for-discourse-real-ip-masking/275611/9 "2023-08-18T06:11:56Z")

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> [@vifyirusti](#):
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> Cloudflare is not enough to hide the IP address. iplogger. It is possible to learn the IP address in tools such as org.

It should be, if Cloudflare can’t hide it then your reverse proxy also cannot. But it’s possible, so you must have a configuration mistake somewhere. What do you mean with “such as org” ?

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