Cloudflare Application Services for private networks: do more with the tools you already love
Jan 13, 2023Annika Garbers

Summary
This post significantly extends the Website Security & Threat Management feature thread by detailing how Cloudflare's WAF and security controls are now being applied to private networks. It introduces the ability to enforce WAF policies on internal traffic, secure private APIs, and leverage Cloudflare One's dataplane for in-path security for private applications. It also touches upon extending load balancing and performance optimization to private networks.
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