Cloudflare recognized as a 'Leader' in The Forrester Wave for DDoS Mitigation Solutions
2021-03-02
Cloudflare is named a ‘Leader’ in Forrester Wave™ for DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Q1 2021...
How to execute an object file: Part 1
2021-03-02
Ever wondered if it is possible to execute an object file without linking? Or use any object file as a library? Follow along to learn how to decompose an object file and import code from it along the way....
The Teams Dashboard: Behind the Scenes
2021-03-01
When we launched Cloudflare for Teams almost ten years later, the vision was very much the same — build a secure and powerful Zero Trust solution that is ridiculously easy to use....
Flow-based monitoring for Magic Transit
2021-02-26
Today, we’re announcing new functionality to improve the experience for on demand Magic Transit customers: flow-based monitoring. Flow-based monitoring allows us to detect and notify customers when they’re under attack so they can activate Magic Transit for protection....
Creating serendipity with Python
2021-02-25
We've been experimenting with breaking up employees into random groups (of size 4) and setting up video hangouts between them. We're doing this to replace the serendipitous meetings that sometimes occur around coffee machines, in lunch lines or while waiting for the printer....
Through the eyes of a Cloudflare Technical Support Engineer
2021-02-24
Justina Wong, Technical Support Team Lead in Lisbon, talks about what it’s like working at Cloudflare, and everything you need to know if you want to join us....
Using HPKE to Encrypt Request Payloads
2021-02-19
Allowing users to securely log parts of the request that match firewall rules while making it impossible for anyone else to decrypt....
Introducing: Smarter Tiered Cache Topology Generation
2021-02-18
Announcing a fundamental improvement to Argo Tiered Cache we’re calling Smart Tiered Cache Topology. When enabled, Argo Tiered Cache will now dynamically select the single best upper tier for each of your website’s origins while providing tiered cache analytics. ...
Tiered Cache Smart Topology
2021-02-18
We are introducing a new topology for Tiered Cache that reduces origin load by increasing cache hit ratio....
2020 U.S. Election: Cybersecurity Analysis
2021-02-09
As we protect many entities in the election space, we have the ability to identify, learn and analyze attack trends targeted at these sites that provide authoritative election information....
Who won Super Bowl LV? A look at Internet traffic during the game
2021-02-08
The obvious answer is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but the less obvious answer comes from asking “which Super Bowl advertiser got the biggest Internet bump?”. This blog aims to answer that question....
Congratulations to Cloudflare’s 2020 Partner Award Winners
2021-02-08
We are privileged to share Cloudflare’s inaugural set of Partner Awards. These Awards recognize our partner companies and representatives worldwide who stood out this past year for their investments in acquiring technical expertise in our offerings...
The effect of switching to TCMalloc on RocksDB memory use
2021-02-03
Memory allocator is an important part of the system, so choosing the right allocator for a workload can give huge benefits. Here is a story of how we decreased service memory usage by almost three times....
Cloudflare Named a ‘Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality’
2021-01-29
Cloudflare receives a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index....
Starting a new job in the middle of a pandemic
2021-01-29
When 2020 started, it was not in my plans to change jobs and start working at a new company, completely remote, without ever meeting my colleagues in person or visiting the office. However, that is exactly what happened, and I am so glad I did....
Data Privacy Day 2021 - Looking ahead at the always on, always secure, always private Internet
2021-01-28
2020 was a big year for data protection, so what does 2021 have in store? On Data Privacy Day, we talk about the role data localization and encryption technologies play in data protection....
Automating data center expansions with Airflow
2021-01-27
How we automated data center expansions and cut by 90% the amount of time our team spent on tedious operational work....
Count yourself in for a vaccine phish: new phishing campaign exploits concern over COVID-19 vaccine availability
2021-01-27
Area 1 has uncovered a coronavirus vaccine-themed campaign spoofing the CDC. The attack, which originally bypassed Office 365’s email security, uses a number of techniques to bypass normal anti-spoofing and email authentication methods....
How We Ran a Successful Remote Internship Program in 2020
2021-01-25
Although tumultuous and unexpected, 2020 did not come without its silver linings, one being Cloudflare’s remote summer internship program....
Introducing Project Fair Shot: Ensuring COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Sites Can Keep Up With Demand
2021-01-22
Project Fair Shot provides Cloudflare's new Waiting Room service for free for any government, municipality, hospital, pharmacy, or other organization responsible for distributing COVID-19 vaccines....
