CDN & Cybersecurity Engineer - Web performance & security at CDN Tech / Ecritel
Real User
Feb 10, 2021
Layer 3 or 4 DDoS are absorbed by the CDN as design (IP, TCP ,UDP), the high volume doesn't reach your origin server so you are automatically protected.
But in case of layer 7 DDoS, all application attacks (SQL injections, XSS, Remote file inclusion), you need a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect against this kind of threat, the CDN will not "see" and of course not block these attacks (and it's not his role)
Founder and Strategic Business Development with 11-50 employees
User
Jun 19, 2020
Because the CDN have normally a WAF, a reverse proxy and a lot of locations to replicate in miliseconds your site. I know Cloudflare better and this is the response can I answer you.
CDNs, or Content Delivery Networks, improve the speed and efficiency of web content delivery by caching content on geographically distributed servers, reducing latency and server load.A CDN enhances website performance by distributing content across multiple servers around the globe. This distribution allows users to access data from a server closer to their location, speeding up loading times and reducing latency. As a crucial component, CDNs support massive data traffic while maintaining...
Layer 3 or 4 DDoS are absorbed by the CDN as design (IP, TCP ,UDP), the high volume doesn't reach your origin server so you are automatically protected.
But in case of layer 7 DDoS, all application attacks (SQL injections, XSS, Remote file inclusion), you need a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect against this kind of threat, the CDN will not "see" and of course not block these attacks (and it's not his role)
Because the CDN have normally a WAF, a reverse proxy and a lot of locations to replicate in miliseconds your site. I know Cloudflare better and this is the response can I answer you.