Cloudflare is a global CDN and security network that sits between websites and their visitors. Its purpose is to make websites faster, more secure, and more resilient.
Cloudflare is not a hosting provider.
It acts as a protection and acceleration layer in front of your server.
A CDN (Content Delivery Network) caches website content across global servers and delivers it from the nearest location to the user.
How Cloudflare CDN works:
User sends a request
Request is routed to the nearest Cloudflare node
Cached content is delivered quickly
Origin server load is reduced
Faster page load times
Reduced server load
Global content delivery
DDoS attack mitigation
Bot and malicious traffic filtering
Advanced firewall rules
Handles traffic spikes
Protects servers during high demand
Cloudflare detects malicious traffic using:
Behavioral analysis
IP reputation
Traffic pattern analysis
Attacks are blocked before reaching the origin server.
Cloudflare Web Application Firewall protects against:
SQL Injection
Cross-site scripting
Malicious bots
Rules are managed in real time via the control panel.
Small websites → Optional
Medium and large websites → Recommended
E-commerce and enterprise sites → Required
APIs and game infrastructures → Essential
Cloudflare does not fix bad infrastructure, but it protects good infrastructure.
Treating Cloudflare as hosting
Relying solely on Cloudflare for security
Misconfigured cache rules
Ignoring server-side security
Cloudflare improves speed, security and stability.
When configured correctly, it provides measurable benefits.
ServerTurk infrastructure is optimized for Cloudflare integration, delivering high-performance and DDoS-protected server solutions.
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