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A CDN sits at a trust hub between users and origin servers, and once something goes wrong it affects tens of thousands of connected sites.
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VerifiedCDN accelerates access by deploying a large number of edge nodes (PoPs) globally or nationwide and caching content at the node closest to the user.72% similarUnverifiedThe CDN business model is to bear the first line of defense for traffic and security on behalf of users; once a site entrusts DNS resolution, TLS certificates, caching layers, and WAF rules to a CDN vendor, the vendor's security boundary is equivalent to the security boundary of those sites.65% similarUnverifiedCDN networks determine traffic assignment in advance via GeoDNS at the DNS layer, rather than making real-time judgments after each request arrives.62% similarVerifiedCDNs reduce physical network transmission latency by deploying edge nodes globally to cache static assets on servers closest to users.61% similarUnverifiedA CDN distributes static and cacheable content to nodes around the world, so user requests are answered nearby and the origin therefore does not see most of the traffic; a WAF performs rule matching on requests at the nodes, and can allow, challenge, rate-limit or block based on conditions such as path, method, request headers, User-Agent and IP reputation.61% similar
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