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>the problem is that if a site is served via CloudFlare, there's no easy way to identify and communicate with the actual hosting company

Isn't that the the entire point, though?

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I don't follow. I use CloudFlare to make my sites respond faster and be protected from DOS attacks. Hiding the place where my files are stored is not why CloudFlare exists -- at least I thought so.

Of course one might argue that revealing the origin IP exposes it to DOS attacks, but this is a different issue.

That's basically what I was arguing - giving access to the origin IP undermines its value as a service.

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