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[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Troon machine being?

Why do people even use CloudFlare? What's the big problem with just serving up every request directly?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Cloudfare is a ddos protection company and a lot of big companies use, that's why. They're good at what they do. If cloudfare pulls the plug, then the Matrix can death ping your servers, and will, preventing anyone from reaching the site.