CloudFlare is tweaking its systems to make it easier for legitimate Tor users to access websites that use its network to deliver content.

Tor users have complained that CloudFlare-powered websites too frequently display CAPTCHAs, a security gate designed to stop automated web bots and abuse. CAPTCHAs are the squiggly text or puzzles you have to solve to prove you’re a real human.

The problem is that many computers employing Tor are engaged in abusive activity, resulting in CloudFlare displaying CAPTCHAs when it detects a computer using the Tor network.

Legitimate Tor users thus have a poor browsing experience given the wide use of CloudFlare’s CDN.

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