<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Cloudflare is a widely used cybersecurity product that protects about 19.3% of websites globally, offering DDoS protection, CDN, and Internet security products.</li><li>Cloudflare acts as a digital 'bouncer' for websites, filtering, accelerating, and protecting traffic by sitting between users and web servers.</li><li>Key functions of Cloudflare include DNS and proxy magic, CDN for speed and stealth, security features like DDoS protection, Web Application Firewall, SSL/TLS encryption, and access control.</li><li>Cloudflare also employs DDoS mitigation strategies and edge computing with real-time analysis, dynamic rules, and the ability to run JavaScript code at the edge.</li></ul>

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