I just don't understand why the operator, IANA, has to use Cloudflare for example.com

It cannot manage a one page website. WTF

There are no page "aseets", no need for images, CSS, etc. It was a text-only website to test connectivity

iana.org forwards to Cloudflare, too

Fortunately the FTP server service still works

Without assistance from a third party

If it's been a sensible decision to use Cloudflare for some period of time then why did IANA wait until now

(Yes, I know they used Akamai in the past)