CF-Shield – An open source tool to protect any website with Cloudflare

Re:CF-Shield – An open source tool to protect any website wi... by pier25 on Sunday June 22, 2025 @10:40PM (#44352045)

doesn't CF protect websites automatically from DDoS?

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Re:CF-Shield – An open source tool to protect any website wi... by oter on Sunday June 22, 2025 @10:44PM (#44352064)

afaik meant to alert and mitigate, not protect. there are ddos attacks that get through cloudflare's lower tier plans

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Re:CF-Shield – An open source tool to protect any website wi... by dangoodmanUT on Sunday June 22, 2025 @11:35PM (#44352262)

That’s literally what it’s there for

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Re:CF-Shield – An open source tool to protect any website wi... by Sakura-sx on Monday June 23, 2025 @04:21AM (#44353558)

No, it is there to make money, if their free plan included perfect DDoS protection no one would get the more pricier ones.

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Re:CF-Shield – An open source tool to protect any website wi... by Sakura-sx on Monday June 23, 2025 @04:15AM (#44353538)

Yeah, many DDoS attacks get through cloudflare's lower tier plans, in fact bypassing cloudflare free is considered the bare minimum for a "stresser".

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