Keepalives considered harmful
2020-03-19
You’d think keepalives would always be helpful, but turns out reality isn’t always what you expect it to be. It really helps if you read Why does one NGINX worker take all the load? first....
The problem with thread^W event loops
2020-03-18
Back when Cloudflare was created, the dominant HTTP server used to power websites was Apache httpd. However, we decided to build our infrastructure using the then relatively new NGINX server....
On the shoulders of giants: recent changes in Internet traffic
2020-03-17
As the COVID-19 emergency continues and an increasing number of cities and countries are establishing quarantines or cordons sanitaire, the Internet has become, for many, the primary method to keep in touch with their friends and families. ...
Announcing Network Analytics
2020-03-16
Back in March 2019, we released Firewall Analytics which provides insights into HTTP security events across all of Cloudflare's protection suite; Firewall rule matches, HTTP DDoS Attacks, Site Security Level which harnesses Cloudflare's threat intelligence, and more....
COVID-19 impacts on Internet traffic: Seattle, Northern Italy and South Korea
2020-03-13
The last few weeks have seen unprecedented changes in how people live and work around the world. Over time more and more companies have given their employees the right to work from home, restricted business travel and, in some cases, outright sent their entire workforce home....
Cloudflare's COVID-19 FAQs
2020-03-13
As the status of COVID-19 continues to impact people and businesses around the world, Cloudflare is committed to providing awareness and transparency to our customers, employees, and partners....
Cloudflare During the Coronavirus Emergency
2020-03-12
We know that organizations and individuals around the world depend on Cloudflare and our network. I wanted to send you a personal note to let you know how Cloudflare is dealing with the Coronavirus emergency....
Protect your team with Cloudflare Gateway
2020-03-12
Announcing Cloudflare for Teams, a new way to protect organizations and their employees, without sacrificing performance. Cloudflare for Teams centers around Cloudflare Access and Cloudflare Gateway....
Open sourcing our Sentry SSO plugin
2020-03-11
Cloudflare Access replaces legacy corporate VPNs with Cloudflare’s global network. Using your existing identity provider, Access lets your end users to login from anywhere....
How Replicated Developers Develop Remotely
2020-03-10
Replicated is a 5-year old infrastructure software company with a focus on enabling a new model of enterprise software delivery that we call Kubernetes Off-The-Shelf (KOTS) Software....
How to Build a Highly Productive Remote Team (or Team of Contractors) with Cloudflare for Teams
2020-03-09
Much of IT has been built on two outdated assumptions. First, employees all sit in the same building or branch offices. Second, that those employees will work full-time at the same company for years....
Cloudflare for Teams Free for Small Businesses During Coronavirus Emergency
2020-03-09
Beginning today, we are making our Cloudflare for Teams products free to small businesses around the world. Teams enables remote workers to operate securely and easily. We will continue this policy for at least the next 6 months....
Why the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote in the U.S. is Important to Celebrate on International Women’s Day
2020-03-07
Yellow roses were worn by supporters of women's right to vote during the Women's Suffrage Movement in the early 20th century in the United States. The yellow rose became the symbol of victory in the movement and this week, across all of our offices, we celebrate the achievements of women....
How Cloudflare keeps employees productive from any location
2020-03-06
Cloudflare employs more than 1,200 people in 13 different offices and maintains a network that operates in 200 cities. To do that, we used to suffer through a traditional corporate VPN that backhauled traffic through a physical VPN appliance....
International Women’s Day 2020: Building a Modern Security Team
2020-03-06
When we started at Cloudflare in the summer of 2018, we joined a small security team intent on helping it grow quickly. Cloudflare was already a successful “unicorn” startup and its profile was changing fast, providing cyber security protection for millions of Internet-facing properties....
The History of the URL
2020-03-05
January 11th, 1982, 22 computer scientists met to discuss an issue with ‘computer mail’ (now known as email). ...
Pwned Passwords Padding (ft. Lava Lamps and Workers)
2020-03-04
Starting today, we are offering a new security advancement in the Pwned Passwords API - API clients can receive responses padded with random data....
Why I’m Excited to Join Cloudflare as its First CIO
2020-03-04
I am delighted to share that I have joined Cloudflare as its first Chief Information Officer to help scale the company in this new phase of its business....
RPKI and the RTR protocol
2020-03-03
Today’s Internet requires stronger protection within its core routing system and as we have already said: it's high time to stop BGP route leaks and hijacks by deploying operationally-excellent RPKI!...
Addressing the Web’s Client-Side Security Challenge
2020-03-03
Modern web architecture relies heavily on JavaScript and enabling third-party code to make client-side network requests. These innovations are built on client-heavy frameworks such as Angular, Ember, React, and Backbone that leverage the processing power of the browser...
