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What approach did John Mosquera take to protect the client's web applications from DDoS attacks using Cloudflare?
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To protect against DDoS attacks, John likely implemented a multi-layered approach using Cloudflare's features. He would have enabled Cloudflare's built-in DDoS protection, which uses the global network to absorb and mitigate large-scale attacks. Rate limiting rules were likely configured to prevent overwhelming of specific endpoints. The Web Application Firewall (WAF) would have been set up with custom rules to detect and block malicious traffic patterns associated with DDoS attacks. John might have also implemented IP reputation-based filtering to block requests from known malicious sources. Additionally, he could have used Cloudflare's load balancing feature to distribute traffic across multiple origin servers, further enhancing resilience against DDoS attacks. John protected the client's web applications from DDoS attacks by implementing Cloudflare's built-in DDoS protection, configuring rate limiting and custom WAF rules, utilizing IP reputation filtering, and leveraging load balancing, creating a robust, multi-layered defense system.