Cloudflare - Worth a sign-up?

[veloman]

My server host - Reforest - comes with its own content delivery network (CDN) but it's a little lacklustre. When I used to host with Namecheap their free Supersonic CDN was pretty decent, but I only had a low-traffic site.

Looking into it again, most seem to recommend Cloudflare. They have a free plan, so has anyone used it with success?

 

[Tracy]

I use it.. not so much for its CDN, but for its blocking ability to keep certain pests off the site.

Use CloudFlare? Share your ASN blocks

One feature I love about CF is the ability to block entire ASN's as well as specific IPs. A few of the more recent that I have added as I get a LOT o "crap" from servers in their data centers (and since those aren't users, I don't have issues with blocking the entire ASN) are: 132203...

admin-junkies.com

Since I use XenForo, DigitalPoint has a fantastic add-on for use with it.

[DigitalPoint] App for Cloudflare®

Features Everything is available from within XenForo (you do not need to go to Cloudflare for things) via the Cloudflare API. This allows you give admins permission to do certain things (for example block IP addresses within Cloudflare without...

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[veloman]

Having read a bit more about it last night, it does seem pretty full-featured - even the free version.

I probably will sign up, mainly for the CDN but also the security aspect that you mention. I've been faffing around with security heaters, HSTS, and all that stuff manually and it looks like CloudFlare just has switches to enable it! Too easy!

 

[Empire]

I use it indeed