DNS Flag Day 2020
October 02, 2020 7:35 AM
October 1 is DNS Flag Day, an initiative by the DNS community to make DNS more secure, reliable and robust. This year the focus is on problems around IP fragmentation of DNS packets....
Secondary DNS - Deep Dive
September 15, 2020 11:00 AM
The goal of Cloudflare operated Secondary DNS is to allow our customers with custom DNS solutions, be it on-premise or some other DNS provider, to be able to take advantage of Cloudflare's DNS performance and more recently, through Secondary Override, our proxying and security capabilities too....
Orange Clouding with Secondary DNS
August 20, 2020 11:00 AM
Secondary DNS Override is a great option for any users that want to take advantage of the Cloudflare network, without transferring all of their zones to Cloudflare DNS as a primary provider....
Bringing Your Own IPs to Cloudflare (BYOIP)
July 30, 2020 3:00 PM
Today we’re thrilled to announce general availability of Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) across our Layer 7 products as well as Spectrum and Magic Transit services. ...
Secondary DNS — A faster, more resilient way to serve your DNS records
May 25, 2020 11:00 AM
Starting today, enterprise customers who are entitled to secondary DNS will be able to configure their zone in the Cloudflare Dashboard....
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April 21, 2020 11:00 AM
Deploying Gateway using a Raspberry Pi, DNS over HTTPS and Pi-hole
Like many, I work remotely and want to show how to deploy Cloudflare Gateway from home. Its DNS filtering protects networks from malware, phishing, ransomware, and other security threats effectively....
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April 02, 2020 3:32 AM
The Mistake that Caused 1.1.1.3 to Block LGBTQIA+ Sites Today
Today we made a mistake. The mistake caused a number of LGBTQIA+ sites to inadvertently be blocked by the new 1.1.1.1 for Families service. I wanted to walk through what happened, why, and what we've done to fix it....
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April 01, 2020 1:00 PM
Announcing the Beta for WARP for macOS and Windows
While WARP started as an option within the 1.1.1.1 app, it's really a technology that can benefit any device connected to the Internet. In fact, one of the most common requests we've gotten over the last year is support for WARP for macOS and Windows. Today we're announcing exact...
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April 01, 2020 1:00 PM
Introducing 1.1.1.1 for Families
Introducing 1.1.1.1 for Families — the easiest way to add a layer of protection to your home network and protect it from malware and adult content. ...
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March 31, 2020 1:01 PM
Announcing the Results of the 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver Privacy Examination
We took a big step toward improving Internet privacy and security with the launch of the 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver. And we really meant privacy first. We were not satisfied with the status quo and believed that secure DNS resolution with transparent privacy practices should be ...
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March 12, 2020 12:00 PM
Protect your team with Cloudflare Gateway
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....
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October 29, 2019 1:00 PM
DNS Encryption Explained
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the address book of the Internet. When you visit cloudflare.com or any other site, your browser will ask a DNS resolver for the IP address where the website can be found. Unfortunately, these DNS queries and answers are typically unprotected....
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September 25, 2019 1:00 PM
WARP is here (sorry it took so long)
Today, after a longer than expected wait, we're opening WARP and WARP+ to the general public. If you haven’t heard about it yet, WARP is a mobile app designed for everyone which uses our global network to secure all of your phone’s Internet traffic....
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June 18, 2019 1:00 PM
Securing Certificate Issuance using Multipath Domain Control Validation
Trust on the Internet is underpinned by the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). PKI grants servers the ability to securely serve websites by issuing digital certificates, providing the foundation for encrypted and authentic communication. ...
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June 16, 2019 5:07 PM
Welcome to Crypto Week 2019
The Internet is an extraordinarily complex and evolving ecosystem. Its constituent protocols range from the ancient and archaic (hello FTP) to the modern and sleek (meet WireGuard), with a fair bit of everything in between. ...
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April 01, 2019 1:00 PM
Introducing WARP: fixing mobile Internet performance and security
Today we're excited to announce what we began to plan more than two years ago: the 1.1.1.1 App with WARP performance and security technology. We built Warp from the ground up to thrive in the harsh conditions of the modern mobile Internet....
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March 15, 2019 5:01 PM
RFC8482 - Saying goodbye to ANY
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to welcome the new shiny RFC8482, which effectively deprecates DNS ANY query type. DNS ANY was a "meta-query" - think about it as a similar thing to the common A, AAAA, MX or SRV query types, but unlike these it wasn't a real query type - it...
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February 06, 2019 4:00 PM
Better business results from faster web applications - Cloudflare is the fastest
Does page speed affect revenue? It does, and to a large degree. Learn why Cloudflare is the most effective when it comes to boosting site speed and performance....
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February 05, 2019 4:00 PM
Cloudflare Support for Azure Customers
Cloudflare seeks to help its end customers use whichever public and private clouds best suit their needs. Towards that goal, we have been working to make sure our solutions work well with various public cloud providers including Microsoft’s Azure platform....
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