Website Security & Threat Management
Moving from license plates to badges: the Gateway Authorization Proxy

Moving from license plates to badges: the Gateway Authorization Proxy

3/4/2026 · Ankur Aggarwal, Alex Holland

What this post added

This post introduces the Gateway Authorization Proxy and PAC File Hosting, extending Cloudflare's identity-based security to unmanaged devices. It addresses the limitations of IP-based identification by integrating with Cloudflare Access to verify user identity, enabling granular policies and anonymous logs. The PAC File Hosting simplifies setup by allowing users to host their configuration files directly on Cloudflare.

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