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What is WAF: Complete Guide to Web Application Firewall Security

Your web application just processed what looked like a normal login request, but it was actually an SQL injection attack that exposed your entire customer database. Cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, and other application-layer atta

January 26, 2026 9 min read
Application Layer DDoS Attacks: Detection, Prevention & Mitigation

Your network dashboards show green. Bandwidth utilization is at 5%. Yet your application is dying, response times spike to 30 seconds, users get timeout errors, and your on-call engineer can't figure out why. Welcome to application layer DD

January 26, 2026 8 min read
What is an IXP?

When you send an email or stream a video, your data doesn't just magically hop from your computer to its destination. It travels through multiple networks, and somewhere along that path, it might passes through an Internet Exchange Point (I

January 19, 2026 9 min read
What is global server load balancing (GSLB)?

Global server load balancing is a traffic management system that distributes user requests across servers in multiple geographic locations to improve performance and reliability. This approach can reduce latency by 40-60% compared to single

January 12, 2026 8 min read
Edge Functions: How They Work, Benefits, and Use Cases

When you're building a web application, there's a good chance you've faced this problem: your server sits in one location, but your users are scattered across the globe. That means someone in Tokyo waits longer for a response than someone i

January 8, 2026 9 min read
What Is CDN SSL? How It Works, Benefits, and Setup

Most websites today use HTTPS. In fact, 68% of the top million websites have made the switch. But if you're using a CDN to speed up content delivery, SSL/TLS encryption works differently than you might expect. Your origin server isn't handl

January 2, 2026 8 min read
What Is Health Check Monitoring? Benefits and Best Practices

Health check monitoring is a systematic process that tracks the availability and performance of your servers, applications, and infrastructure by sending automated requests at regular intervals. Most systems run checks every 30 to 60 second

December 27, 2025 8 min read
What is GSLB and why is it important for global applications?

GSLB (Global Server Load Balancing) is a load balancing service that distributes client requests across multiple geographically dispersed data centers to improve performance, availability, and compliance.At its core, GSLB works at the DNS l

December 23, 2025 8 min read
Serverless vs Containers: Key Differences, Use Cases, and Costs

Building modern applications means making a fundamental choice: serverless or containers?This decision affects how you use code, manage resources, and pay for infrastructure. Here's what you need to know.Serverless computing lets you write

December 18, 2025 7 min read
What Is an Origin Server?

An origin server is a computer or service that stores and delivers original content to end-users, serving as the primary source for websites and web applications. When a user requests content, the origin server processes the request and sen

December 15, 2025 10 min read
What is DNS TTL and how does it work?

A Domain Name System Time to Live (DNS TTL) is a timer measured in seconds, that determines how long a DNS record stays cached before resolvers must refresh it from the authoritative nameserver.DNS TTL controls caching behavior across the g

December 12, 2025 8 min read
What are load balancing algorithms and how do they work?

Load balancing automatically distributes incoming network traffic across multiple compute resources according to specified rules. Modern applications can generate millions of requests per second, and sharing the load boosts performance and

December 10, 2025 8 min read
What is Function as a Service (FaaS)?

Function as a Service (FaaS) is a serverless computing model that lets developers write and deploy code in small, independent functions without managing any server infrastructure. Over 50% of organizations now adopt serverless technologies

December 6, 2025 8 min read

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