Cloudflare experienced a global outage affecting popular websites like Canva and trading platforms such as Zerodha, Angel One, and Groww. According to reports, Cloudflare confirmed on Friday that it is probing the problem with its Dashboard and related Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
What is Cloudflare?
Cloudflare is a global cloud services provider that primarily acts as a reverse proxy between a website's visitor and its hosting server. In simpler terms, it is an internet infrastructure company that helps websites load faster and protects them from cyberattacks. It distributes incoming traffic across multiple origin servers, preventing any single server from becoming overwhelmed and reduces the initial time required for a visitor's browser to locate the website.
