Cloudflare named a Leader by Gartner2022-09-06WAFSecurityAPI SecurityDDoSBot ManagementPage ShieldGartnerGartner has recognised Cloudflare as a Leader in the 2022 "Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)" report that evaluated 11 vendors for their ‘ability to execute’ and ‘completeness of vision’...Michael Tremante
Improving the accuracy of our machine learning WAF using data augmentation and sampling2022-09-05WAFAIData Generation and Augmentation methods to train an effective machine learning WAF...Vikram Grover
Blocking Kiwifarms2022-09-03AbusePolicy & LegalWe have blocked Kiwifarms. Visitors to any of the Kiwifarms sites that use any of Cloudflare's services will see a Cloudflare block page and a link to this post. ...Matthew Prince
Log analytics using ClickHouse2022-09-02ClickHouseDeep DiveWhen a request at Cloudflare throws an error, information gets logged in our requests_error pipeline. The error logs are used to help troubleshoot customer-specific or network-wide issues...Monika SinghPradeep Chhetri
Cloudflare's abuse policies & approach2022-08-31AbuseFreedom of SpeechPolicy & LegalCloudflare launched nearly twelve years ago. Over that time, our set of services has become much more complicated. With that complexity we have developed policies around how we handle abuse of different features Cloudflare provides...Matthew PrinceAlissa Starzak
Introducing thresholds in Security Event Alerting: a z-score love story2022-08-30NotificationsWAFProduct NewsSecurityInternship ExperienceToday we are excited to announce thresholds for our Security Event Alerts: a new and improved way of detecting anomalous spikes of security events on your Internet properties. By introducing a threshold, we are able to make alerts more accurate and only notify you when it truly matters...Kristina Galicova
Performance isolation in a multi-tenant database environment2022-08-26Edge DatabaseInternship ExperienceEnforcing stricter performance isolation across neighboring tenants who rely on our storage infrastructure...Justin KwanVignesh Ravichandran
Open sourcing our fork of PgBouncer2022-08-26Edge DatabaseOpen SourceInternship ExperienceWe are releasing our internal fork of PgBouncer, filled with authentication bug fixes and new features around per user and connection pool isolation...Justin Kwan
Deep dives & how the Internet works2022-08-25Deep DiveTrendsInternet TrafficResearchReading ListWe have amazing deep dives in our blog, but also research and how the Internet works kind of stories. Here are some highlights from 2022, and before (with glimpses of our history)....João Tomé
Cloudflare Support Portal gets an overhaul2022-08-16SupportInternship ExperienceThe Cloudflare Support team has launched a new Support Portal. The portal will give you access to self-help resources, diagnostics with troubleshooting guides, and will provide for easier ticket submission...Meghan BevillAllie Landy
Crawler Hints supports Microsoft’s IndexNow in helping users find new content2022-08-12Crawler HintsBotsCacheProduct NewsSEOCloudflare is uniquely positioned to help give crawlers hints about when they should recrawl, if new content has been added, or if content on a site has recently changed...Alex Krivit
2022 attacks! An August reading list to go “Shields Up”2022-08-11Reading ListSecurityAttacksDDoSRansom AttacksPhishingIn 2022, cybersecurity, more than ever, is a must-have for those who don’t want to take chances on getting caught in a cyberattack with difficult to deal with consequences. Here’s a reading list what you need to know about attacks that is also a guide on how to be protected...João Tomé
The mechanics of a sophisticated phishing scam and how we stopped it2022-08-09SecurityPost MortemPhishingCloudflare GatewayCloudflare AccessYesterday, August 8, 2022, Twilio shared that they’d been compromised by a targeted phishing attack. Around the same time as Twilio was attacked, we saw an attack with very similar characteristics also targeting Cloudflare’s employees...Matthew PrinceDaniel Stinson-DiessSourov Zaman
Introducing new Cloudflare for SaaS documentation2022-08-09Technical WritingDeveloper DocumentationCloudflare for SaaSSSLSaaSInternship ExperienceCloudflare for SaaS offers a suite of Cloudflare products and add-ons to improve the security, performance, and reliability of SaaS providers. Now, the Cloudflare for SaaS documentation outlines how to optimize it in order to meet your goals...Mia Malden
1.1.1.1 + WARP: More features, still private2022-08-06WARPPrivacy1.1.1.1SecurityWe’re announcing two major improvements to our 1.1.1.1 + WARP apps...Mari GalicerMatt Silverlock
Build your next big idea with Cloudflare Pages2022-08-05Cloudflare PagesServerlessEdgeDeveloper PlatformDevelopersWe believe every developer deserves to dream big without breaking the bank. That's why on Cloudflare Pages you can get unlimited requests, bandwidth, seats and projects --- for free!...Nevi Shah
Building a scheduling system with Workers and Durable Objects2022-08-05Cloudflare WorkersDurable ObjectsJavaScriptServerlessEdgeDeveloper PlatformDevelopersIn this post we're going to show you how to build a scalable service that will schedule HTTP requests on a specific schedule or as one-off at a specific time ...Adam Janiš
Experiment with post-quantum cryptography today2022-08-04Post-QuantumCryptographyTLSResearchThe future is post quantum. Enable post-quantum key agreement on your test zone today and get a headstart...Bas WesterbaanChristopher PattonPeter Wu
Building and using Managed Components with WebCM2022-08-03ZarazManaged ComponentsOpen SourceThis is how Managed Components can be useful for you right now, if you manage a website or if you’re building third-party tools...Yo'av Moshe
Load Balancing with Weighted Pools2022-08-02Load BalancingProduct NewsSpeed & ReliabilityNetwork ServicesPerformanceToday, we’re excited to announce a frequently requested feature for our Load Balancer – Weighted Pools...Brian BatraskiBen Ritter