DNS with Cloudflare
Simply changing the DNS provider for your website or other Internet property can improve:
Speed
Stability
Security
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DNS? Wassat?
Domain Name System. Often described as the phonebook of the Internet, when someone enters yourdomain.com into their browser, a DNS server will ferry this request to the right web server for the page you requested. DNS is also used to route your email messages to the correct mail servers.
The registrar where you bought your domain may well offer a DNS service, but we recommend using Cloudflare for DNS to all our clients.
Why Cloudflare?
- Powers over 39% of managed DNS domains
- Runs one of the largest DNS networks in the world
- Has an average query speed of a few milliseconds
- Offers highly stable and secure DNS solutions
- Is scalable for businesses of all sizes
Speed
12ms | <5s
- Cloudflare has the fastest query speeds of any managed DNS provider.
Domains are resolved with 152 global data centers.
The average DNS lookup takes just 12 milliseconds. - No more waiting for hours (or even a day!) to see updates take effect.
Changes to your DNS settings take less than 5 seconds to propagate.
Stability
- Cloudflare handles 86 billion DNS queries per day, and continues to grow.
- 10 million+ Internet properties including major ecommerce websites and government agencies use Cloudflare DNS to ensure they are always online around the world.
- Cloudflare global data centers run fully-owned, custom-built hardware and software. Data centers are located throughout Asia-Pacific, including Tokyo, Osaka, and Hong Kong. Enterprise accounts can also gain access to China data centers.
- Designed to withstand losing 50% of the network without impacting service availability.
- Business plan customers receive a 100% uptime SLA, Enterprise customers a 2500% uptime SLA.
- Can be used as a secondary DNS provider, or hidden primary provider as required.
Security
- Cloudflare DNS utilizes the same high-speed network that protects over 10 million Internet properties from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
- Comes with load-balancing, automatic failover, rate-limiting, and filtering.
- Also offers DNSSEC to add an extra layer of trust by providing authentication on top of DNS.
- Two-factor authentication available.
- DNS Firewall available, ensuring 100% Clean Traffic.
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) available. Prevents automated attacks and code injections in real time. Contains rules to thwart attacks commonly seen in WordPress, Magento, Joomla, PHP, and more.
- Universal SSL/TLS 1.2 & 1.3 encryption, dedicated SSL / TLS.
- PCI DSS 3.2 compliance for Business and Enterprise plans.
Stats
Cloudflare Analytics gives you valuable insights into DNS traffic on domains or specific DNS records.
- Filter and visualize data, such as query count and average response time.
- Dig deeper with dimensional filters, displaying detailed analysis of response codes, data centers, and more.