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Fetched June 8th, 2026
Cloudflare

Enforcing the First AS in BGP AS_PATHs

BGP routing is vulnerable to hijacks and path leaks where attackers forge AS_PATH attributes to redirect traffic through malicious routes, which RPKI alone cannot fully prevent.

security distributed-systems
4 min
Cloudflare

How we reduced core unit boot time from hours to minutes

Firmware updates were causing core servers to take four hours to reboot, creating operational inefficiency and extended downtime.

observability security
4 min
Cloudflare

Your AI bill is out of control. Cloudflare can fix it now.

Uncontrolled spending on API calls to multiple AI providers due to lack of visibility and budget enforcement mechanisms.

rate-limiting api-design
4 min

Fetched June 1st, 2026
Cloudflare

Iran's Internet is partially restored, Cloudflare Radar data shows

How to detect and monitor large-scale Internet shutdowns and measure the extent of network restoration in real-time across a country.

observability distributed-systems
4 min