Cloudflare basically acts as an intermediary between your web server and the internet. Requests to your site are first routed through cloudflare's large network

Cloudflare basically acts as an intermediary between your web server and the internet. Requests to your site are first routed through cloudflare's large network where things like DDOS attacks are filtered out before being forwarded to your website. The end result is that your webserver receives sanitized traffic and your webserver's IP is protected from the internet. https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/205177068-Step-1-How-does-Cloudflare-work- https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/205177068-S...