What is CloudFlare server and how does it work?
In this article, we are going to introduce you to the company and service provider CloudFlare. CloudFlare is a service provider in the field of improving the speed and security of sites and servers, and the type of service provided by this system is CDN or Content Delivery Network.
Some features of this server
- Cloudflare makes your APIs faster
- Cloudflare makes your ecommerce stores faster and more secure
- Cloudflare makes your websites faster and more secure.
- Cloudflare makes your SaaS products faster and more secure
- Cloudflare makes your mobile apps faster and more secure
CloudFlare
The CloudFlare service is a reverse proxy, which is actually a type of proxy that, like other proxies, sits between the server and the visitor and manages external access and visits to the local or private network or server.
This service is provided in the form of a CDN in different parts of the world and will respond to the nearest server according to the geographical area of the visitor. This ensures that attackers do not have direct access to your site and server from a security perspective. As a result, if an attack is underway on the server, CloudFlare servers will first detect the attack and prevent that unauthorized bandwidth from entering the server, and normal users will also have access to the site and server without any problems.
In the discussion of CDN servers, given that one of the functions of CDNs is to improve site speed for different visitors in different parts of the world, one of the most important factors of a CDN is that it has appropriate coverage in different geographical locations and that the proxy servers used are located at logical and shorter distances from each other so that visitors from different geographical locations experience appropriate and almost similar speeds.
In the case of CloudFlare, you can see the distribution map of this provider's servers in the image below.
