Cloudflare for Website Security and Performance
An overview of Cloudflare CDN, compression, DDoS protection, WAF and traffic controls, restored from the original 2023 article.
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Cloudflare helps manage website performance and security. Restored from the original 2023 article, this overview covers content delivery, attack protection and traffic management.
Speed and Performance
Content Delivery
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) distributes content through a global network, placing it closer to users. This helps pages load faster.
Compression
Compression reduces the size of files users need to download. Pages require less data to load.
Security and DDoS Protection
DDoS Protection
Cloudflare provides tools to detect and mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, helping maintain website availability.
Web Application Firewall
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) helps protect web applications against threats. The original article gives SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) as examples.
Traffic Management
Access and Traffic Distribution Rules
Administrators can configure access and traffic distribution rules. These controls help match website access to the needs of the system.
Responding to Website Problems
Response settings help administrators handle situations when a website experiences problems or comes under attack.
Summary
Cloudflare combines tools for content delivery, attack protection and traffic management. Choosing how to use them starts with the website’s performance and security needs.
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