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The records you can proxy through Cloudflare are [IP address resolution records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#ip-address-resolution) — meaning A, AAAA, or CNAME records. Cloudflare recommends setting to proxied all A, AAAA, and CNAME records that are used for serving web traffic.
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Proxying is on by default (for the applicable records) when you onboard a domain via the dashboard.
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Proxying is on by default when you onboard a domain via the dashboard.
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### Benefits
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-[Optimize, cache, and protect](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/#domain-configurations) all requests to your application.
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- Apply your configurations for a variety of Cloudflare products.
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To understand how Cloudflare responds to requests for proxied records, refer to [How Cloudflare works](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/).
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### Example
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<Renderfile="proxy-status-dns-table" />
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This means that:
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- an HTTP/HTTPS request to the proxied record `blog.example.com` will be answered with a Cloudflare [anycast IP address](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/) instead of `192.0.2.1`, which allows the [benefits listed above](#benefits) to take place.
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- an HTTP/HTTPS request to the DNS-only record `shop.example.com` will be answered with the actual origin IP address, `192.0.2.2`. In addition to exposing your origin IP address and not benefitting from several features, Cloudflare cannot provide analytics on those requests.
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For further context, refer to [How Cloudflare works](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/).
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## DNS-only records
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When an `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` record is **DNS-only** — also known as being gray-clouded — DNS queries for these will resolve to the record's normal IP address.
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When an A, AAAA, or CNAME record is **DNS-only** — also known as being gray-clouded — DNS queries for these will resolve to the record's normal IP address, as described in the [example](#example).
In the example DNS table above, there are two DNS records. The record with the name `blog` has proxy on, while the record named `shop` has the proxy off (that is, **DNS only**).
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