Cloudflare recognized as a 'Leader' in The Forrester Wave for DDoS Mitigation Solutions
Mar 2, 2021Vivek Ganti, Omer Yoachimik

Summary
This post details Cloudflare's advanced DDoS mitigation techniques, including the use of eBPF rules deployed via XDP for L3-7 protection, flowtrackd for L3/L4 attack defense, and IP Jails for cost-efficient mitigation of volumetric attacks. It also highlights the release of Firewall Analytics and Network Analytics dashboards for improved visibility and real-time DDoS alerts.
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