What is the purpose of the 'Proxy status' setting in Cloudflare's DNS records?

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What is the purpose of the 'Proxy status' setting in Cloudflare's DNS records?
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The 'Proxy status' setting (orange cloud vs. grey cloud) determines whether Cloudflare's CDN and security features are applied to that specific DNS record. An orange cloud proxies the traffic through Cloudflare, providing benefits like caching and DDoS protection. A grey cloud bypasses Cloudflare and directly connects visitors to your server.