Next generation intrusion detection: an update on Cloudflare’s IDS capabilities

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This post announces the private beta of Cloudflare's Intrusion Detection System (IDS) capabilities, delivered as-a-service. It addresses traditional IDS pain points like hardware constraints, capacity planning, performance trade-offs, and alert fatigue by leveraging Cloudflare's global Anycast network and software-defined approach. The IDS monitors all network traffic (any IP port or protocol) for known threat signatures and incorporates threat intelligence from Cloudflare's network and open-source feeds like Suricata.