In the early days of the Internet, a single IP address was a reliable indicator of a single user. However, today’s Internet is more complex. Shared IP addresses are now common, with users connecting via mobile IP address pools, VPNs, or behind CGNAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation). This makes relying on IP addresses alone […]
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Birthday Week recap: everything we announced — plus an AI-powered opportunity for startups
This year, Cloudflare officially became a teenager, turning 13 years old. We celebrated this milestone with a series of announcements that benefit both our customers and the Internet community. From developing applications in the age of AI to securing against the most advanced attacks that are yet to come, Cloudflare is proud to provide the […]
Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for everyone
For years, we’ve written that CAPTCHAs drive us crazy. Humans give up on CAPTCHA puzzles approximately 15% of the time and, maddeningly, CAPTCHAs are significantly easier for bots to solve than they are for humans. We’ve spent the past three and a half years working to build a better experience for humans that’s just as […]
Cloudflare supports Privacy Pass
Enabling anonymous access to the web with privacy-preserving cryptography Cloudflare supports Privacy Pass, a recently-announced privacy-preserving protocol developed in collaboration with researchers from Royal Holloway and the University of Waterloo. Privacy Pass leverages an idea from cryptography — zero-knowledge proofs — to let users prove their identity across multiple sites anonymously without enabling tracking. Users […]
Website Firewall Update – Introducing 2FA and More
Today, we are launching the new and improved Protected Page capability in our Website Firewall, CloudProxy. It allows for a simple (1-click) activation of secondary authentication methods on any page of your site. It means you can easily add the following to any page on your website: A custom password verification Two Factor authentication (2FA) […]
