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> Its main advantage is that it protects you as a site operator from SYN floods, traffic reflection attacks (ohai NTP, DNSoverUDP) and similar attacks. It does
by joepie91_ 10y ago
> Its main advantage is that it protects you as a site operator from SYN floods, traffic reflection attacks (ohai NTP, DNSoverUDP) and similar attacks.
It doesn't. It protects their servers, not yours. This is precisely why "CloudFlare resolvers" are a thing.