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This Week in NETInternet Insights with Cloudflare Radar: New TLD Metrics, Certificate Transparency, and Data ExplorerIn this second part of our previous episode, host João Tomé talks with André Jesus, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare and front-end engineer on the Radar team. They discuss the latest updates to Cloudflare Radar, the platform that turns Internet data into accessible insights.André, who joined Cloudflare as an intern in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2024, explains how radar.cloudflare.com showcases trends in Internet traffic, protocol adoption, and security. He walks us through Radar’s new Top-Level Domain (TLD) insights, how the team uses DNS magnitude to measure domain popularity, and why certificate transparency is cru...
2025-11-0317 minThis Week in NETCloudflare Connect 2025 Highlights: Common & CompanyIn this special episode, host João Tomé reports from Cloudflare Connect Las Vegas (October 13-16) — the company’s first-ever global event, bringing together customers, partners, and developers from over 60 countries.In the intro, we also share what’s coming next week on the Cloudflare blog — a special five-day series focused on Internet Measurement, Resilience, and Transparency: the foundations of a faster, safer, and more reliable web for everyone.The episode covers major announcements, including Cloudflare’s partnership with Mastercard and Visa to secure automated commerce with AI agents through the new Trusted Agent Protocol and Agent Pa...
2025-10-2428 minThis Week in NETCloudflare Connect Las Vegas & The Launch of AI AvenueIn this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Leslie Hasvold, Senior Director of Corporate Events, Programs & Customer Advocacy, and Craig Dennis, Senior Developer Educator for AI, to talk about Cloudflare’s first global Connect conference in Las Vegas and the launch of AI Avenue, a new documentary series exploring how people around the world are learning, experimenting, and building with AI.We cover what to expect from Connect Las Vegas, from 100+ breakout sessions to keynotes focused on AI, innovation, and the future of the Internet — and we go behind the scenes...
2025-10-1038 minThis Week in NETCloudflare Birthday Week 2025 Recap: AI, Security & Internet InsightsIn this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare Senior Product Managers Korinne Alpers and Nikita Cano to recap all the announcements from Cloudflare’s 15th Birthday Week.We cover AI, developer tools, security, performance, and how Cloudflare continues to give back to the Internet.Highlights include: • AI & Security: Firewall for AI, Shadow AI protection, and Content Signals Policy. • For Creators & Nonprofits: Project Galileo expansion and new tools to control how AI uses content. • New Economy: NET Dollar an...
2025-09-2948 minThis Week in NETCloudflare turns 15: The origin story with Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew PrinceIn this special 15th-anniversary episode of This Week in NET, we sit down with Cloudflare co-founders Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince to revisit the early days — from a Harvard Business School project to launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010.
We talk about how culture takes shape, the technical vision of Lee Holloway, and pivotal moments that defined Cloudflare’s journey, as well as where the Internet is headed next.
At the end, don’t miss a special easter egg from the journalist who first covered Cloudflare’s launch.
Follow all Birthday Week 2025 announcements: cloudflare.com/birthday-week
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OLD This Week in NETCloudflare turns 15: The origin story with Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew PrinceIn this special 15th-anniversary episode of This Week in NET, we sit down with Cloudflare co-founders Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince to revisit the early days — from a Harvard Business School project to launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010.
We talk about how culture takes shape, the technical vision of Lee Holloway, and pivotal moments that defined Cloudflare’s journey, as well as where the Internet is headed next.
At the end, don’t miss a special easter egg from the journalist who first covered Cloudflare’s launch.
Follow all Birthday Week 2025 announcements: cloudflare.com/birthday-week
2025-09-2349 minThis Week in NETCloudflare Birthday Week 2025: What to Expect?Birthday Week is Cloudflare’s biggest innovation week — and this year is extra special as we celebrate our 15th birthday. Each year, we pause to reflect on our journey, celebrate the progress we’ve made, and look ahead to what’s next, all while staying true to our mission of helping build a better Internet.
In this episode of This Week in NET, João Tomé is joined by Nikita Cano to preview what’s coming in Birthday Week 2025: democratizing development, building a smarter and more open web, securing the future by default, the future of development on Cloudflar...
2025-09-1912 minOLD This Week in NETCloudflare Birthday Week 2025: What to Expect?Birthday Week is Cloudflare’s biggest innovation week — and this year is extra special as we celebrate our 15th birthday. Each year, we pause to reflect on our journey, celebrate the progress we’ve made, and look ahead to what’s next, all while staying true to our mission of helping build a better Internet.
In this episode of This Week in NET, João Tomé is joined by Nikita Cano to preview what’s coming in Birthday Week 2025: democratizing development, building a smarter and more open web, securing the future by default, the future of development on Cloudflar...
2025-09-1912 minThis Week in NETEverything Announced at Cloudflare AI Week 2025In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Kenny Johnson (Principal Product Manager) to review everything announced during the week — across Cloudflare One, Application Security, Workers AI, AI Gateway, and Radar.
Full list of blog posts at: cloudflare.com/ai-week
2025-09-0233 minOLD This Week in NETEverything Announced at Cloudflare AI Week 2025In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Kenny Johnson (Principal Product Manager) to review everything announced during the week — across Cloudflare One, Application Security, Workers AI, AI Gateway, and Radar.
Full list of blog posts at: cloudflare.com/ai-week
2025-09-0233 minOLD This Week in NETBuilding a Serverless Social App with ATProto & Cloudflare WorkersIn this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Inanna Malick, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, to talk about how she built a serverless version of a real-time social app that connects to the ATProto ecosystem — the protocol powering platforms like Bluesky.
Inanna walks us through her blog post and technical journey, showing how she used Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, and the free tier of our Developer Platform to deploy an open, identity-owned, cryptographically verified social experience — all without running a server.
They discuss what makes ATProto different, how Statusphere works (the “Hello World” of open socia...
2025-08-0126 minThis Week in NETBuilding a Serverless Social App with ATProto & Cloudflare WorkersIn this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Inanna Malick, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, to talk about how she built a serverless version of a real-time social app that connects to the ATProto ecosystem — the protocol powering platforms like Bluesky.
Inanna walks us through her blog post and technical journey, showing how she used Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, and the free tier of our Developer Platform to deploy an open, identity-owned, cryptographically verified social experience — all without running a server.
They discuss what makes ATProto different, how Statusphere works (the “Hello World” of open socia...
2025-08-0126 minThis Week in NETCelebrating 100 episodes with John Graham-Cumming and friendsIn this special conversation, João Tomé sits down with John Graham-Cumming, Cloudflare’s former CTO and current board member, to look back at Cloudflare’s journey — from Universal SSL and Heartbleed to Workers, Radar, and what’s next for the Internet.
Topics & Timecodes:
00:58 – Favorite Cloudflare Moments: Universal SSL & Heartbleed Impact
04:36 – The Philosophy of Offering Free Services
09:20 – Evolution and Impact of the Cloudflare Blog
14:23 – Unique Cloudflare Teams: Crypto/Research Team
17:37 – The Lava Lamp Wall Story
20:41 – Key Moments for Zero Trust and Workers
22:50 – The Origin of Workers and Culture of Freedom
25:36 – The 1.1.1.1 Public Resolver Story
27:51 – The Legacy and Importance of the Cloudflare...
2025-07-2534 minOLD This Week in NETCelebrating 100 episodes with John Graham-Cumming and friendsIn this special conversation, João Tomé sits down with John Graham-Cumming, Cloudflare’s former CTO and current board member, to look back at Cloudflare’s journey — from Universal SSL and Heartbleed to Workers, Radar, and what’s next for the Internet.
Topics & Timecodes:
00:58 – Favorite Cloudflare Moments: Universal SSL & Heartbleed Impact
04:36 – The Philosophy of Offering Free Services
09:20 – Evolution and Impact of the Cloudflare Blog
14:23 – Unique Cloudflare Teams: Crypto/Research Team
17:37 – The Lava Lamp Wall Story
20:41 – Key Moments for Zero Trust and Workers
22:50 – The Origin of Workers and Culture of Freedom
25:36 – The 1.1.1.1 Public Resolver Story
27:51 – The Legacy and Importance of the Cloudflare...
2025-07-2534 minOLD This Week in NETThe Future of Content and AI: Pay per Crawl and What’s NextIn this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Will Allen, Cloudflare’s VP of Product Management, to discuss Pay-Per-Crawl and our new permission-based model for AI bots. These updates, launched on July 1, 2025 — what we call Content Independence Day — aim to reshape how AI models access and reward content, shifting from an opt-out to an opt-in approach. Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, also appears in a video at the start, reflecting on Content Independence Day.
We explore how AI Overviews are changing the old “traffic for content” model and how Cloudflare is helping creators take control through tools...
2025-07-1041 minOLD This Week in NETHow Cloudflare handles privacy certifications (and why Containers matter to developers)In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Emily Hancock, Chief Privacy Officer at Cloudflare, Rory Malone, Principal Privacy Compliance Specialist at Cloudflare.They discuss Cloudflare's new privacy certifications. At the end, there's also Confidence Okoghenun, Senior Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, sharing the innovative Cloudflare Containers for developers.
Emily Hancock and Rory Malone discuss Cloudflare's new Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) and Global Privacy Recognition for Processors (PRP) certifications, highlighting their role in building trust and ensuring secure data transfers globally. They explain how Cloudflare applies the highest privacy standards consistently across its network, regardless of...
2025-06-2750 minOLD This Week in NETAI writes code: Kenton Varda on trust, review, and why Workers is the best AI platformIn this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Kenton Varda, Principal Engineer at Cloudflare, for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, code, and the evolution of Internet development.
Kenton shares how a real-world project shifted his view from AI skepticism to seeing the promise of AI-assisted coding, while emphasizing the need for strong human review, especially for security. The episode also dives into the architecture of Cloudflare Workers and its first months, Durable Objects, and the vision of the Internet as one programmable computer: “the network is the computer”.
Looking ahead, Kenton predicts a new er...
2025-06-2048 minThis Week in NETAI writes code: Kenton Varda on trust, review, and why Workers is the best AI platformIn this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Kenton Varda, Principal Engineer at Cloudflare, for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, code, and the evolution of Internet development.
Kenton shares how a real-world project shifted his view from AI skepticism to seeing the promise of AI-assisted coding, while emphasizing the need for strong human review, especially for security. The episode also dives into the architecture of Cloudflare Workers and its first months, Durable Objects, and the vision of the Internet as one programmable computer: “the network is the computer”.
Looking ahead, Kenton predicts a new er...
2025-06-2048 minThis Week in NETCloudflare: Growth, culture & AI in recruitment (and 11 years of Project Galileo)In this episode, host João Tomé is joined in Cloudflare’s Lisbon office by Scott Tomtania, a seasoned recruiting leader at Cloudflare, to discuss the company's incredible growth, its unique hiring philosophy, and how AI is shaping the future of recruitment.
Scott shares insights on how Cloudflare maintains its unique culture amidst rapid expansion, the rigorous selection process (including C-level interviews for every candidate!), and the evolving role of AI in talent acquisition. Discover what it takes to join one of the Internet's most impactful companies.
We also have Jocelyn Woolbright talk about how our...
2025-06-1636 minOLD This Week in NETCloudflare: Growth, culture & AI in recruitment (and 11 years of Project Galileo)In this episode, host João Tomé is joined in Cloudflare’s Lisbon office by Scott Tomtania, a seasoned recruiting leader at Cloudflare, to discuss the company's incredible growth, its unique hiring philosophy, and how AI is shaping the future of recruitment.
Scott shares insights on how Cloudflare maintains its unique culture amidst rapid expansion, the rigorous selection process (including C-level interviews for every candidate!), and the evolving role of AI in talent acquisition. Discover what it takes to join one of the Internet's most impactful companies.
We also have Jocelyn Woolbright talk about how our...
2025-06-1636 minThis Week in NETBuilding MCP servers on Cloudflare (hands-on demo included)In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare Product Managers Nevi Shah and Dina Kozlov to go into the world of MCP (Model Context Protocol), and why it’s gaining traction fast.
We explore what MCP is, why it matters now, and how developers can easily spin up their own MCP servers on Cloudflare. The episode includes live demos, practical use cases, and a look at how companies like Stripe, PayPal, and Anthropic are getting involved.
We also cover the latest from the AI and agent ecosystem, including announcements from Microsoft Build, Goog...
2025-05-2339 minOLD This Week in NETBuilding MCP servers on Cloudflare (hands-on demo included)In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare Product Managers Nevi Shah and Dina Kozlov to go into the world of MCP (Model Context Protocol), and why it’s gaining traction fast.
We explore what MCP is, why it matters now, and how developers can easily spin up their own MCP servers on Cloudflare. The episode includes live demos, practical use cases, and a look at how companies like Stripe, PayPal, and Anthropic are getting involved.
We also cover the latest from the AI and agent ecosystem, including announcements from Microsoft Build, Goog...
2025-05-2339 minThis Week in NETBuilding agents and the future for developersIn this week's episode, we continue exploring AI, agents, developers, and how AI is helping developers, and turning more people into developers. For that, host João Tomé chats in the library of our London office with Sunil Pai, Principal Systems Engineer, who’s building AI agents at Cloudflare.
Next, recorded two weeks ago at our Connect event in London, we talk with Ashley Peacock, a British engineer and Cloudflare Dev Expert who also wrote the book “Serverless Apps on Cloudflare”. We discuss building with Cloudflare, the challenges that come with AI, and whether making things too easy for...
2025-04-2528 minOLD This Week in NETBuilding agents and the future for developersIn this week's episode, we continue exploring AI, agents, developers, and how AI is helping developers, and turning more people into developers. For that, host João Tomé chats in the library of our London office with Sunil Pai, Principal Systems Engineer, who’s building AI agents at Cloudflare.
Next, recorded two weeks ago at our Connect event in London, we talk with Ashley Peacock, a British engineer and Cloudflare Dev Expert who also wrote the book “Serverless Apps on Cloudflare”. We discuss building with Cloudflare, the challenges that come with AI, and whether making things too easy for...
2025-04-2528 minOLD This Week in NETAll about Cloudflare’s Developer Week 2025 (AI, vibe coding, agents, and more)This episode is all about our second innovation week of the year: Developer Week. Host João Tomé is joined in person at Cloudflare’s London office by Ricky Robinett, VP of Developer Relations, and Craig Dennis, Developer Educator.
There’s a lot to go through — new tools and announcements launched during this April week. The vibe in the developer world, with AI, agents, and code-first energy, is contagious. More people, even non-developers, are now empowered to build their own tools and applications.
We go over announcements that reinforce why Cloudflare is the place where builders...
2025-04-1457 minThis Week in NETAll about Cloudflare’s Developer Week 2025 (AI, vibe coding, agents, and more)This episode is all about our second innovation week of the year: Developer Week. Host João Tomé is joined in person at Cloudflare’s London office by Ricky Robinett, VP of Developer Relations, and Craig Dennis, Developer Educator.
There’s a lot to go through — new tools and announcements launched during this April week. The vibe in the developer world, with AI, agents, and code-first energy, is contagious. More people, even non-developers, are now empowered to build their own tools and applications.
We go over announcements that reinforce why Cloudflare is the place where builders...
2025-04-1457 minOLD This Week in NETA Developer Week teaser, building with Cloudflare, and a tribute to Dave TähtIn this week's episode, we set the stage for Cloudflare’s second innovation week of the year — Developer Week. Host João Tomé is joined by Ricky Robinett, VP of Developer Relations, to preview what to expect when Developer Week kicks off on April 7, with announcements running through April 11, 2025. There we also mention how developers can now build and deploy remote MCP servers to Cloudflare.
Next, Craig Dennis, Developer Educator at Cloudflare, explains what Workers — our developer platform — is all about, and why even non-developers should try building with it.
We also honor the American network en...
2025-04-0428 minThis Week in NETA Developer Week teaser, building with Cloudflare, and a tribute to Dave TähtIn this week's episode, we set the stage for Cloudflare’s second innovation week of the year — Developer Week. Host João Tomé is joined by Ricky Robinett, VP of Developer Relations, to preview what to expect when Developer Week kicks off on April 7, with announcements running through April 11, 2025. There we also mention how developers can now build and deploy remote MCP servers to Cloudflare.
Next, Craig Dennis, Developer Educator at Cloudflare, explains what Workers — our developer platform — is all about, and why even non-developers should try building with it.
We also honor the American network en...
2025-04-0428 minOLD This Week in NETThe hardware that powers Cloudflare: AI-capable Gen 12 servers and moreJoin host João Tomé and Cloudflare’s Head of Hardware Engineering, Syona Sarma, for a discussion on Cloudflare’s latest Generation 12 hardware innovations, broadcast from the Lisbon office. As Cloudflare expands its global network across over 330 cities and 120 countries, explore how the company is evolving its hardware infrastructure to meet the demands of modern technology, particularly in the AI era.
This episode offers insights into Gen 12’s key features, including a 2x performance improvement and 60% better power efficiency compared to earlier generations. Learn how Cloudflare’s hardware engineering team is addressing the AI revolution through innovative thermal de...
2024-12-2035 minThis Week in NETThe hardware that powers Cloudflare: AI-capable Gen 12 servers and moreJoin host João Tomé and Cloudflare’s Head of Hardware Engineering, Syona Sarma, for a discussion on Cloudflare’s latest Generation 12 hardware innovations, broadcast from the Lisbon office. As Cloudflare expands its global network across over 330 cities and 120 countries, explore how the company is evolving its hardware infrastructure to meet the demands of modern technology, particularly in the AI era.
This episode offers insights into Gen 12’s key features, including a 2x performance improvement and 60% better power efficiency compared to earlier generations. Learn how Cloudflare’s hardware engineering team is addressing the AI revolution through innovative thermal de...
2024-12-2035 minOLD This Week in NETCloudflare Radar’s 2024 Internet Year in ReviewExplore the worldwide trends that shaped the Internet with Cloudflare Radar’s 2024 Internet Year in Review. Join Host João Tomé and Cloudflare Head of Data Insight, David Belson as they look at Internet trends and patterns across 2024.
We also discuss Robotcop and how content creators can prevent bots and crawlers from scraping their sites using a button in the AI Audit section of the Cloudflare dashboard.
Dive into the data yourself at the Cloudflare Radar Year in Review microsite
**Read the blog posts: **
Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review
From ChatGPT to Temu: rank...
2024-12-1346 minThis Week in NETCloudflare Radar’s 2024 Internet Year in ReviewExplore the worldwide trends that shaped the Internet with Cloudflare Radar’s 2024 Internet Year in Review. Join Host João Tomé and Cloudflare Head of Data Insight, David Belson as they look at Internet trends and patterns across 2024.
We also discuss Robotcop and how content creators can prevent bots and crawlers from scraping their sites using a button in the AI Audit section of the Cloudflare dashboard.
Dive into the data yourself at the Cloudflare Radar Year in Review microsite
**Read the blog posts: **
Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review
From ChatGPT to Temu: rank...
2024-12-1346 minThis Week in NETDefeating Patent Trolls: Cloudflare’s Fight for InnovationThis episode focuses entirely on why defeating patent trolls matters, featuring insights from João Tomé and Cloudflare legal experts Emily Terrell, Senior Legal Counsel, Litigation and Senior Director, Patrick Nemeroff. Listen in as they discuss the conclusion of the Sable patent troll trial, which forced Sable to relinquish its patents to the public and explore why patent trolls hinder innovation in the U.S. Plus, discover how Project Jengo is empowering others to fight back. Related links:Patent Troll Sable Pays UpProject JengoFollow us @CloudflareTV Read the blog posts at blog.cloudflare.comWatch our full vid...
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This Week in NETDefeating Patent Trolls: Cloudflare’s Fight for InnovationThis episode focuses entirely on why defeating patent trolls matters, featuring insights from João Tomé and Cloudflare legal experts Emily Terrell, Senior Legal Counsel, Litigation and Senior Director, Patrick Nemeroff. Listen in as they discuss the conclusion of the Sable patent troll trial, which forced Sable to relinquish its patents to the public and explore why patent trolls hinder innovation in the U.S. Plus, discover how Project Jengo is empowering others to fight back. Related links:Patent Troll Sable Pays UpProject JengoFollow us @CloudflareTV Read the blog posts at blog.cloudflare.comWatch our full video library at cloudflare.tv...
2024-12-1029 minThis Week in NETMatthew Prince: Content Creators vs. AI and the Origins of Cloudflare's Birthday WeekCloudflare CEO and Co-founder Matthew Prince joins João Tomé to celebrate the origins of Cloudflare’s annual Birthday Week, recorded in their Lisbon office. They discuss how the event sparked a series of Innovation Weeks filled with exciting announcements, including AI-focused tools to protect content creators from scraping. On Cloudflare’s 14th birthday, listen in as Matthew shares reflections on the company mission and what building a better Internet means to him. Related links:Start auditing and controlling the AI models accessing your content Cloudflare’s 2024 Annual Founders LetterCloudflare Birthday Week 2024 Hub Follow us @CloudflareTV Read the blog posts at blog.clo...
2024-12-1032 minThis Week in NETMatthew Prince: Content Creators vs. AI and the Origins of Cloudflare's Birthday WeekCloudflare CEO and Co-founder Matthew Prince joins João Tomé to celebrate the origins of Cloudflare’s annual Birthday Week, recorded in their Lisbon office. They discuss how the event sparked a series of Innovation Weeks filled with exciting announcements, including AI-focused tools to protect content creators from scraping. On Cloudflare’s 14th birthday, listen in as Matthew shares reflections on the company mission and what building a better Internet means to him. Related links:Start auditing and controlling the AI models accessing your content Cloudflare’s 2024 Annual Founders LetterCloudflare Birthday Week 2024 Hub Follow us @CloudflareTV Read the bl...
2024-12-1032 minThis Week in NETInternet Regulation & Election Security: Insights with Cloudflare’s Alissa StarzakHost João Tomé welcomes Alissa Starzak, Global Head of Policy at Cloudflare, to discuss Internet regulation, election security and policy challenges. Alissa reflects on her career spanning the CIA, U.S. Army, and Cloudflare, exploring topics like the fragmentation of the Internet into ‘several Internets,’ the complexities of global elections and the influence of AI. She and João also celebrate the 10th anniversary of Cloudflare’s Project Galileo, highlighting its role in safeguarding vulnerable communities, independent journalism and high-risk organizations across the globe. Related links:Protecting vulnerable communities for 10 years with Project Galileo European Union elec...
2024-12-1030 minThis Week in NETInternet Regulation & Election Security: Insights with Cloudflare’s Alissa StarzakHost João Tomé welcomes Alissa Starzak, Global Head of Policy at Cloudflare, to discuss Internet regulation, election security and policy challenges. Alissa reflects on her career spanning the CIA, U.S. Army, and Cloudflare, exploring topics like the fragmentation of the Internet into ‘several Internets,’ the complexities of global elections and the influence of AI. She and João also celebrate the 10th anniversary of Cloudflare’s Project Galileo, highlighting its role in safeguarding vulnerable communities, independent journalism and high-risk organizations across the globe. Related links:Protecting vulnerable communities for 10 years with Project Galileo European Union elections 2024: securing democratic processes...
2024-12-1030 minThis Week in NETHow Cloudflare helped with global election cybersecurityThis week, we present an episode on elections from an Internet and cybersecurity perspective, given that 2024 has been considered the “year of elections.” Over 70 national elections took place, impacting more than half of the world’s population.
Host João Tomé is joined by Alissa Starzak, our Deputy CLO and Global Head of Policy, and Jocelyn Woolbright from Public Policy. Together, they discuss Cloudflare’s various Impact initiatives and how these were utilized during the 2024 elections, particularly in the United States.
We explore how Cloudflare assembled a tiger team for the US elections and addressed the unique...
2024-12-0634 minOLD This Week in NETHow Cloudflare helped with global election cybersecurityThis week, we present an episode on elections from an Internet and cybersecurity perspective, given that 2024 has been considered the “year of elections.” Over 70 national elections took place, impacting more than half of the world’s population.
Host João Tomé is joined by Alissa Starzak, our Deputy CLO and Global Head of Policy, and Jocelyn Woolbright from Public Policy. Together, they discuss Cloudflare’s various Impact initiatives and how these were utilized during the 2024 elections, particularly in the United States.
We explore how Cloudflare assembled a tiger team for the US elections and addressed the unique...
2024-12-0634 minThis Week in NETJohn Graham-Cumming: Getting Technical with TCP, AI and Taylor SwiftJoin host João Tomé and Cloudflare CTO John Graham-Cumming for a deep dive into tech milestones and innovations. They’ll celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1974 TCP Paper, dissect Taylor Swift’s cutting-edge wristband tech and review technical highlights from Cloudflare, including Cloudflare Workers supporting Fortran code and new AI models like Meta Llama 3. Plus, listen as they get into Internet resilience amid submarine cable failures and bid farewell to the iconic messaging service ICQ after 28 years. It’s a tech-packed episode you definitely don’t want to miss.Related Links - Watch the TCP 50th Annivers...
2024-11-2526 minThis Week in NETJohn Graham-Cumming: Getting Technical with TCP, AI and Taylor SwiftJoin host João Tomé and Cloudflare CTO John Graham-Cumming for a deep dive into tech milestones and innovations. They’ll celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1974 TCP Paper, dissect Taylor Swift’s cutting-edge wristband tech and review technical highlights from Cloudflare, including Cloudflare Workers supporting Fortran code and new AI models like Meta Llama 3. Plus, listen as they get into Internet resilience amid submarine cable failures and bid farewell to the iconic messaging service ICQ after 28 years. It’s a tech-packed episode you definitely don’t want to miss.Related Links - Watch the TCP 50th Anniversary show TCP - The Cloudf...
2024-11-2526 minThis Week in NETNo browsers left behind: DDoS Threats, QR Phishing & Cloudflare’s Foundation DNS with Trey GuinnIn this episode, host João Tomé chats with Trey Guinn, Cloudflare’s Field Chief Technology Officer, about the latest DDoS attacks and global cybersecurity trends. Explore Cloudflare’s DDoS threat report, the critical role of certificates, emerging attack strategies and more. Trey also dives into the growing menace of QR phishing and introduces Foundation DNS, Cloudflare’s enterprise-grade authoritative DNS solution. Stay ahead of evolving threats with expert insights from this engaging conversation.Related Links - Follow us @CloudflareTV Read the blog posts at blog.cloudflare.comWatch our full video library at cloudflare.tv/ThisWeekInNet
2024-11-2528 minThis Week in NETNo browsers left behind: DDoS Threats, QR Phishing & Cloudflare’s Foundation DNS with Trey GuinnIn this episode, host João Tomé chats with Trey Guinn, Cloudflare’s Field Chief Technology Officer, about the latest DDoS attacks and global cybersecurity trends. Explore Cloudflare’s DDoS threat report, the critical role of certificates, emerging attack strategies and more. Trey also dives into the growing menace of QR phishing and introduces Foundation DNS, Cloudflare’s enterprise-grade authoritative DNS solution. Stay ahead of evolving threats with expert insights from this engaging conversation.Related Links - Follow us @CloudflareTV Read the blog posts at blog.cloudflare.comWatch our full video library at cloudflare.tv/ThisWeekInNet
2024-11-2528 minOLD This Week in NETHow building Cloudflare with Cloudflare helps developersCelso Martinho is a Senior Director of Engineering at Cloudflare. He works across multiple teams from Radar to Workers AI in our new Cloudflare Lisbon offices.
In this conversation, host Joao Tome and Celso discuss the rapid growth of Cloudflare Workers, simplifying life for developers, and the importance of observability in AI. Celso also dives into how the challenges for developers have changed since the 1990s tech era and why he believes the Internet is still in its infancy.
Related Links:
AI Gateway for Developers
Build durable applications on Cloudflare Workers...
2024-11-0832 minThis Week in NETHow building Cloudflare with Cloudflare helps developersCelso Martinho is a Senior Director of Engineering at Cloudflare. He works across multiple teams from Radar to Workers AI in our new Cloudflare Lisbon offices.
In this conversation, host Joao Tome and Celso discuss the rapid growth of Cloudflare Workers, simplifying life for developers, and the importance of observability in AI. Celso also dives into how the challenges for developers have changed since the 1990s tech era and why he believes the Internet is still in its infancy.
Related Links:
AI Gateway for Developers
Build durable applications on Cloudflare Workers...
2024-11-0832 minOLD This Week in NETQ3 DDoS Threat Report and the Grand Opening of Cloudflare LisbonThis Week in NET reviews Cloudflare’s latest Q3 DDoS attacks report with Manish Arora, Senior Manager of Engineering. Released quarterly, these reports provide an in-depth analysis of the DDoS threat landscape as observed across the Cloudflare network.
This report showed a number of DDoS attacks spiked in the third quarter of 2024. Cloudflare mitigated nearly 6 million of those DDoS attacks, representing a 49% increase QoQ and 55% increase YoY. The banking and financial services industry was subjected to the most DDoS attacks. China was the country most targeted by DDoS attacks while Indonesia was the largest source of DDoS attacks.
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2024-10-2515 minThis Week in NETQ3 DDoS Threat Report and the Grand Opening of Cloudflare LisbonThis Week in NET reviews Cloudflare’s latest Q3 DDoS attacks report with Manish Arora, Senior Manager of Engineering. Released quarterly, these reports provide an in-depth analysis of the DDoS threat landscape as observed across the Cloudflare network.
This report showed a number of DDoS attacks spiked in the third quarter of 2024. Cloudflare mitigated nearly 6 million of those DDoS attacks, representing a 49% increase QoQ and 55% increase YoY. The banking and financial services industry was subjected to the most DDoS attacks. China was the country most targeted by DDoS attacks while Indonesia was the largest source of DDoS attacks.
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2024-10-2515 minOLD This Week in NETThe history of Cloudflare's Birthday Weeks and AI innovation with Matthew PrinceIn this special episode for our Birthday Week 2024, we discuss how Cloudflare’s Birthday Weeks came to be and how they inspire a series of innovation weeks full of announcements each year.
Host João Tomé is joined by Matthew Prince, Cloudflare’s Co-founder and CEO, in an episode recorded in our new Lisbon office, where Matthew has been living for the past few weeks.
We explore why Cloudflare’s European headquarters is now based in Lisbon, the goals for the new office, and how the company is celebrating its 14th anniversary. Topics include the launch o...
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TechTalks with CloudflareCybersecurity Insights 2024: Analysing Australia’s Latest Survey FindingsEpisode 2: Cybersecurity Insights: Analysing Australia’s Latest Survey FindingsWelcome back to the second episode of our Cloudflare podcast series!This time, we're diving into the findings from Cloudflare's 2024 Australia Cybersecurity Readiness Survey, offering valuable insights for cybersecurity leaders across Australia and New Zealand.Our host, Matt Summerill, will be joined by Ben Munroe, VP Marketing Chief Marketing Officer for Cloudflare Asia Pacific, and Amanda Spencer, Cloudflare’s Director of Engineering for Australia NZ.Together, they’ll explore how prepared Australian businesses are for the increasing sophistication of cyber...
2024-08-2823 minThis Week in NETLet's //Get\ Technical: Blocking AI bots and crawlers for free to make a safer InternetIn this week’s episode, we go a bit technical in our segment “Let’s //Get\ Technical,” featuring our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. We discuss AI bot and crawlers, elections and more.
Host João Tomé and John Graham-Cumming begin by explaining how Cloudflare recently launched a new “easy button” to block all AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers to help maintain a safe Internet for content creators. It’s available to all customers, including those on our free tier. We demonstrate how to activate this button on the Cloudflare dashboard. We also explain the purpose of the robots.txt file—it resi...
2024-07-1124 minOLD This Week in NETLet's //Get\ Technical: Blocking AI bots and crawlers for free to make a safer InternetIn this week’s episode, we go a bit technical in our segment “Let’s //Get\ Technical,” featuring our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. We discuss AI bot and crawlers, elections and more.
Host João Tomé and John Graham-Cumming begin by explaining how Cloudflare recently launched a new “easy button” to block all AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers to help maintain a safe Internet for content creators. It’s available to all customers, including those on our free tier. We demonstrate how to activate this button on the Cloudflare dashboard. We also explain the purpose of the robots.txt file—it resi...
2024-07-1124 minThis Week in NETInside RSA Conference & jam.dev (a bug-fixing tool powered by Cloudflare)This week, host João Tomé heads to San Francisco for the cybersecurity RSA Conference (May 6-9, 2024). First, we gather insights from attendees, ranging from a cybersecurity student on the brink of graduation to seasoned managers and experts.
We also feature Emily Hancock, Cloudflare’s Chief Privacy Officer, discussing the nexus of security and privacy. Plus, insights from Carlos Alberto Silva, a Portuguese venture capitalist with extensive experience in cybersecurity investments.
Last but not least, we hear from Dani Grant, a former Cloudflare employee and co-founder of jam.dev, a company dedicated to fixing software bugs...
2024-05-1723 minOLD This Week in NETInside RSA Conference & jam.dev (a bug-fixing tool powered by Cloudflare)This week, host João Tomé heads to San Francisco for the cybersecurity RSA Conference (May 6-9, 2024). First, we gather insights from attendees, ranging from a cybersecurity student on the brink of graduation to seasoned managers and experts.
We also feature Emily Hancock, Cloudflare’s Chief Privacy Officer, discussing the nexus of security and privacy. Plus, insights from Carlos Alberto Silva, a Portuguese venture capitalist with extensive experience in cybersecurity investments.
Last but not least, we hear from Dani Grant, a former Cloudflare employee and co-founder of jam.dev, a company dedicated to fixing software bugs...
2024-05-1723 minOLD This Week in NETDDoS report, certificate changes, QR phishing, and moreIn this week's episode, we discuss different topics from blogs that we published in the previous couple of weeks, right after our Developer Week 2024.
Host João Tomé is joined by our Field CTO, Trey Guinn, based in San Francisco. We discuss our most recent DDoS threat report for Q1 2024, highlighting the continued increase in DDoS attacks and emerging trends. Additionally, we address Cloudflare's efforts to ensure our customers aren't affected by Let's Encrypt's certificate chain change, emphasizing the importance of certificates.
Also mentioned: Cloudflare Code Orange tested in a real situation; Internet trends surrounding th...
2024-04-1945 minOLD This Week in NETDeveloper Week 2024 edition. AI, GA, and deep divesIn this week's episode, we have a special edition all about Cloudflare’s second innovation week of the year, Developer Week.
Host João Tomé is joined by our Product wizards Rita Kozlov and Phillip Jones. We discuss the week's key announcements, including reaching 2 million developers building on Cloudflare. Each day of last week had different topics, and we shipped new products and functionality geared towards giving developers the components they need to build full-stack applications on Cloudflare. There’s no lack of AI-related news, loads of generally available product announcements, technical deep dives, acquisitions, and sneak peeks...
2024-04-0925 minThis Week in NET2024 Security Week edition. AI, networks, applications, and moreIn this week's episode, we have a special edition all about Cloudflare’s first innovation week of the year, Security Week.
João Tomé and Cloudflare's CSO Grant Bourzikas discuss the week's key announcements. Topics include AI opportunities and risks, ensuring digital visibility and control, focusing on access control and security team monitoring, optimizing CISO spending, and network complexity reduction.
We showcase Cloudflare's new Firewall for AI, designed to safeguard AI applications for free, and our enhanced Defensive AI capabilities to counter emerging threats. Our introduction of Magic Cloud Networking, powered by our acquisition of Nefe...
2024-03-0844 minOLD This Week in NET2024 Security Week edition. AI, networks, applications, and moreIn this week's episode, we have a special edition all about Cloudflare’s first innovation week of the year, Security Week.
João Tomé and Cloudflare's CSO Grant Bourzikas discuss the week's key announcements. Topics include AI opportunities and risks, ensuring digital visibility and control, focusing on access control and security team monitoring, optimizing CISO spending, and network complexity reduction.
We showcase Cloudflare's new Firewall for AI, designed to safeguard AI applications for free, and our enhanced Defensive AI capabilities to counter emerging threats. Our introduction of Magic Cloud Networking, powered by our acquisition of Nefe...
2024-03-0844 minThis Week in NETSecurity incident response (Code Red) with Grant BourzikasIn this week's program, we talk about Cloudflare’s security.
João Tomé is joined by Grant Bourzikas, Cloudflare’s CSO. We discuss how we dealt with a Thanksgiving 2023 security incident related to an October 2023 Okta compromise that Cloudflare had previously mitigated.
Also, we discuss the significance of our access controls, firewall rules, hardware keys, and Zero Trust architecture in limiting the threat actor's impact. No Cloudflare customer data or systems were affected by this incident, and no services were compromised — that is the result of our investigation, including an independent analysis by CrowdStrike’s Forensic t...
2024-02-1634 minOLD This Week in NETSecurity incident response (Code Red) with Grant BourzikasIn this week's program, we talk about Cloudflare’s security.
João Tomé is joined by Grant Bourzikas, Cloudflare’s CSO. We discuss how we dealt with a Thanksgiving 2023 security incident related to an October 2023 Okta compromise that Cloudflare had previously mitigated.
Also, we discuss the significance of our access controls, firewall rules, hardware keys, and Zero Trust architecture in limiting the threat actor's impact. No Cloudflare customer data or systems were affected by this incident, and no services were compromised — that is the result of our investigation, including an independent analysis by CrowdStrike’s Forensic t...
2024-02-1634 minThis Week in NETAll about Cloudflare Hardware, Impact, and happy holidays!In this week's program, we go a bit longer than usual to talk about Cloudflare’s hardware, our Impact Report, and the importance of our blog, but also to wish everyone happy holidays.
João Tomé initially is joined by Rebecca Weekly, our VP of Infrastructure and Head of Hardware Systems Engineering. We delve into Cloudflare’s perspective on hardware, GPUs, CPUs, and the needs of AI services and applications (you’ll learn about AI inference). We also discuss our Cloudflare Gen 12 Server (Bigger, Better, Cooler), Moore’s Law, and what to expect in hardware and AI in 2024.
2023-12-211h 00OLD This Week in NETAll about Cloudflare Hardware, Impact, and happy holidays!In this week's program, we go a bit longer than usual to talk about Cloudflare’s hardware, our Impact Report, and the importance of our blog, but also to wish everyone happy holidays.
João Tomé initially is joined by Rebecca Weekly, our VP of Infrastructure and Head of Hardware Systems Engineering. We delve into Cloudflare’s perspective on hardware, GPUs, CPUs, and the needs of AI services and applications (you’ll learn about AI inference). We also discuss our Cloudflare Gen 12 Server (Bigger, Better, Cooler), Moore’s Law, and what to expect in hardware and AI in 2024.
2023-12-211h 00OLD This Week in NETCloudflare 2023 Year in Review special editionIn this week's program, we discuss some of the trends from our Cloudflare Radar 2023 Year in Review. João Tomé is joined by our Head of Data Insights, David Belson, to shed light on the Internet's patterns and trends as observed through Cloudflare's global network.
We cover traffic insights and trends, connectivity and speed, and security. There's also time to explore the most popular Internet services. We answer questions about which generative AI services were most popular, how X/Twitter performed (there's a potential football/soccer trend), and also its competitors like Threads. There's also a surprising e...
2023-12-1435 minThis Week in NETCloudflare 2023 Year in Review special editionIn this week's program, we discuss some of the trends from our Cloudflare Radar 2023 Year in Review. João Tomé is joined by our Head of Data Insights, David Belson, to shed light on the Internet's patterns and trends as observed through Cloudflare's global network.
We cover traffic insights and trends, connectivity and speed, and security. There's also time to explore the most popular Internet services. We answer questions about which generative AI services were most popular, how X/Twitter performed (there's a potential football/soccer trend), and also its competitors like Threads. There's also a surprising e...
2023-12-1435 minOLD This Week in NETExploring AI development one year after ChatGPT and analyzing Cyber Week insightsIn this week's program, João Tomé is joined by Michelle Chen, Chief of Staff of our Emerging Technology and Incubation team. We go over how ChatGPT is celebrating one year and the recent turmoil — on December 2, 2022 (you can check that episode here), we've put OpenAI’s new ChatGPT chatbot (with Cloudflare Workers code) to an initial test.
Other related topics include how to build an AI application using our developer platform, Workers, and its complete ecosystem; the difference between AI Gateway and Workers AI; cost savings, reliability, and efficiency without being a distributed systems expert; and keepin...
2023-11-3033 minThis Week in NETExploring AI development one year after ChatGPT and analyzing Cyber Week insightsIn this week's program, João Tomé is joined by Michelle Chen, Chief of Staff of our Emerging Technology and Incubation team. We go over how ChatGPT is celebrating one year and the recent turmoil — on December 2, 2022 (you can check that episode here), we've put OpenAI’s new ChatGPT chatbot (with Cloudflare Workers code) to an initial test.
Other related topics include how to build an AI application using our developer platform, Workers, and its complete ecosystem; the difference between AI Gateway and Workers AI; cost savings, reliability, and efficiency without being a distributed systems expert; and keepin...
2023-11-3033 minOLD This Week in NETWorkers AI, Email Routing, and ZX Spectrum retro computingAfter a special episode about the Cloudflare Control Plane and Analytics Outage, which you can check here, this week's program features insights from two speakers at the Web Summit conference held this week in Lisbon, Portugal. Cassie Kozyrkov, former Chief Decision Scientist at Google and CEO of Data Scientific, shares her perspectives. Additionally, we hear from Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO of the Internet Society. The full interview will be published in the upcoming weeks.
Continuing from Lisbon, João Tomé joins Celso Martinho, our Senior Director of Engineering, to discuss two ongoing projects. The first project, Em...
2023-11-1732 minOLD This Week in NETCloudflare Control Plane and Analytics outageIn this special episode, João Tomé is joined by Nitin Rao, Cloudflare’s Interim CPO, to discuss the Cloudflare Control Plane and Analytics outage. The incident lasted from November 2 until November 4, impacting several customers.
We explain how one of our core data center providers failed catastrophically, and steps were taken to ensure it never happens again. These measures, which we’re calling Code Orange, involve reducing dependence on our core data centers, requiring all Generally Available products and features to have a reliable disaster recovery plan that is tested, recurring audits, and much more.
The me...
2023-11-1628 minThis Week in NETCloudflare Control Plane and Analytics outageIn this special episode, João Tomé is joined by Nitin Rao, Cloudflare’s Interim CPO, to discuss the Cloudflare Control Plane and Analytics outage. The incident lasted from November 2 until November 4, impacting several customers.
We explain how one of our core data center providers failed catastrophically, and steps were taken to ensure it never happens again. These measures, which we’re calling Code Orange, involve reducing dependence on our core data centers, requiring all Generally Available products and features to have a reliable disaster recovery plan that is tested, recurring audits, and much more.
The me...
2023-11-1628 minOLD This Week in NETOkta compromise (and HAR sanitizer for all) special editionThis is a special episode of “This Week in NET” dedicated to the recent Okta compromise, which has been making headlines and affecting Okta and its customers, including Cloudflare. Since it's October 31, 2023, we're also sharing some Halloween stories. João Tomé is joined by Sourov Zaman, our Incident Response Manager, to discuss how Cloudflare discovered and mitigated another Okta compromise.
We also provide general advice to companies on how to avoid compromises after security breaches and vulnerabilities, even when they stem from vendors. We explain how we ensured that no Cloudflare customer information or systems were impacted by thi...
2023-10-3140 minThis Week in NETOkta compromise (and HAR sanitizer for all) special editionThis is a special episode of “This Week in NET” dedicated to the recent Okta compromise, which has been making headlines and affecting Okta and its customers, including Cloudflare. Since it's October 31, 2023, we're also sharing some Halloween stories. João Tomé is joined by Sourov Zaman, our Incident Response Manager, to discuss how Cloudflare discovered and mitigated another Okta compromise.
We also provide general advice to companies on how to avoid compromises after security breaches and vulnerabilities, even when they stem from vendors. We explain how we ensured that no Cloudflare customer information or systems were impacted by thi...
2023-10-3140 minOLD This Week in NETNetwork flow monitoring, Birthday Week update, and a bit of “evenly distributed future”In this week's program, we mix it up with different topics and different guests. First, we do a recap and update on our Birthday Week 2023, which was three week ago. Dina Kozlov, a product manager, helps put some highlights into context, and popular announcements.
From Lisbon, where João Tomé and Dina are, we go to Atlanta, in the US. Chris Draper goes over how network flow monitoring is now generally available and why that's relevant for network engineers.
We highlight some other topics of the week, from a storage-saving partnership with the company Prisma to...
2023-10-2030 minThis Week in NETNetwork flow monitoring, Birthday Week update, and a bit of “evenly distributed future”In this week's program, we mix it up with different topics and different guests. First, we do a recap and update on our Birthday Week 2023, which was three week ago. Dina Kozlov, a product manager, helps put some highlights into context, and popular announcements.
From Lisbon, where João Tomé and Dina are, we go to Atlanta, in the US. Chris Draper goes over how network flow monitoring is now generally available and why that's relevant for network engineers.
We highlight some other topics of the week, from a storage-saving partnership with the company Prisma to...
2023-10-2030 minOLD This Week in NETUncovering the HTTP/2 Zero-Day vulnerability, and Israel-Gaza Internet patternsIn this week's program, João Tomé is joined by two Cloudflare guests based in Texas (US) and London (UK): John Engates (Field CTO) and Lucas Pardue (systems engineer and HTTP expert). The main focus is explaining what the recently discovered HTTP/2 Zero-Day vulnerability is, its significant impact on the Internet at large (resulting in never-before-seen DDoS attacks), and how Cloudflare’s customers are already protected.
Next, two other vulnerabilities are highlighted: the Atlassian Confluence CVE-2023-22515 and the hidden WebP vulnerability, which has more significant implications than originally anticipated.
We also delve into some Inte...
2023-10-1339 minOLD This Week in NETBirthday Week 2023 edition. AI, connectivity cloud, and so much moreWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we kick things off with an intro directly from the balcony of our Lisbon office. Then, we dive into the week packed with announcements, tools, and products from Cloudflare’s Birthday Week, where we aim to give back to the Internet.
On Monday, our 13th birthday brought us important sustainability stats (you can...
2023-09-2930 minThis Week in NETBirthday Week 2023 edition. AI, connectivity cloud, and so much moreWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we kick things off with an intro directly from the balcony of our Lisbon office. Then, we dive into the week packed with announcements, tools, and products from Cloudflare’s Birthday Week, where we aim to give back to the Internet.
On Monday, our 13th birthday brought us important sustainability stats (you can...
2023-09-2930 minOLD This Week in NETA bit of Cloudflare’s Birthday Week history, Tunnels, and welcome Michele YetmanWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we start by welcoming Michele Yetman as Cloudflare's new Chief People Officer. Next, we discuss a new addition to our Load Balancing solution, but also emphasize the importance of Cloudflare Tunnels — a private, secure connection between your data center or web servers and Cloudflare.
Cloudflare’s Birthday Week is approaching later this month...
2023-09-1530 minThis Week in NETA bit of Cloudflare’s Birthday Week history, Tunnels, and welcome Michele YetmanWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we start by welcoming Michele Yetman as Cloudflare's new Chief People Officer. Next, we discuss a new addition to our Load Balancing solution, but also emphasize the importance of Cloudflare Tunnels — a private, secure connection between your data center or web servers and Cloudflare.
Cloudflare’s Birthday Week is approaching later this month...
2023-09-1530 minOLD This Week in NETData Protection everywhere, application security, and an iPhone exploit to avoidWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we're back with episode #36. We start with our most recent announcement: Cloudflare One for Data Protection — our unified suite to protect data everywhere across the web, SaaS, and private applications.
There's also a lot to unpack in terms of new tools and insights from our platform for general Internet insights, Cloudflare Radar. We a...
2023-09-1430 minThis Week in NETData Protection everywhere, application security, and an iPhone exploit to avoidWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we're back with episode #36. We start with our most recent announcement: Cloudflare One for Data Protection — our unified suite to protect data everywhere across the web, SaaS, and private applications.
There's also a lot to unpack in terms of new tools and insights from our platform for general Internet insights, Cloudflare Radar. We a...
2023-09-1430 minOLD This Week in NET2023 phishing trends, useful intern projects, and Cloudflare's lava lamp historyWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we discuss Cloudflare’s inaugural 2023 phishing threat report, which delves into millions of malicious emails, brand impersonations, identity deceptions, and other predominant attack trends based on a year's worth of email security data.
Next, we venture into a more technical realm with a blog post that offers developers an improved method to debu...
2023-08-1830 minThis Week in NET2023 phishing trends, useful intern projects, and Cloudflare's lava lamp historyWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we discuss Cloudflare’s inaugural 2023 phishing threat report, which delves into millions of malicious emails, brand impersonations, identity deceptions, and other predominant attack trends based on a year's worth of email security data.
Next, we venture into a more technical realm with a blog post that offers developers an improved method to debu...
2023-08-1830 minOLD This Week in NETCloudflare’s Speed Week. Where we’re going, we need speedWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we cover some of the announcements, metrics, and deep dives from our innovation week, Speed Week. It's all about how Cloudflare likes to be very fast, the advantages of that performance focus in different products, from Zero Trust to Workers, APIs and Pages, and how we like to prove that we're fast. We benchmark ou...
2023-06-2339 minThis Week in NETCloudflare’s Speed Week. Where we’re going, we need speedWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we cover some of the announcements, metrics, and deep dives from our innovation week, Speed Week. It's all about how Cloudflare likes to be very fast, the advantages of that performance focus in different products, from Zero Trust to Workers, APIs and Pages, and how we like to prove that we're fast. We benchmark ou...
2023-06-2339 minThis Week in NETCloudflare's Speed Week teaser, APIs, exam-related shutdowns and WarGames 40 years-inWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we give you a teaser of what to expect from our Speed Week 2023. It’s our next innovation week, which is coming after this Sunday, full of announcements, new tools (that include AI and machine learning), and performance metrics. We also discuss the importance of Cloudflare API Gateway and of API-driven applications in general — given...
2023-06-1633 minOLD This Week in NETCloudflare's Speed Week teaser, APIs, exam-related shutdowns and WarGames 40 years-inWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we give you a teaser of what to expect from our Speed Week 2023. It’s our next innovation week, which is coming after this Sunday, full of announcements, new tools (that include AI and machine learning), and performance metrics. We also discuss the importance of Cloudflare API Gateway and of API-driven applications in general — given...
2023-06-1633 minThis Week in NETThis Week in Net: Cloudflare's farewell to Railgun (and its relevance)This Week in Net: Cloudflare's farewell to Railgun (and its relevance)
Welcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we discuss our CEO, Matthew Prince, visiting Lisbon, Portugal (which includes a picnic). We delve into the Regional Tiered Cache, which offers an additional layer of caching for Enterprise customers with a global traffic footprint, enabling faster content delivery by reducing network latency. ...
2023-06-0230 minOLD This Week in NETThis Week in Net: Cloudflare's farewell to Railgun (and its relevance)This Week in Net: Cloudflare's farewell to Railgun (and its relevance)
Welcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other sources, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we discuss our CEO, Matthew Prince, visiting Lisbon, Portugal (which includes a picnic). We delve into the Regional Tiered Cache, which offers an additional layer of caching for Enterprise customers with a global traffic footprint, enabling faster content delivery by reducing network latency. ...
2023-06-0230 minOLD This Week in NETThis Week in Net: From Rust to Python and a glimpse on what to expect from Security WeekWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other elsewhere, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we go over our recent blog posts related to two relevant programming languages, Rust and Python. The related posts are:
Oxy is Cloudflare's Rust-based next generation proxy framework
How we built an open-source SEO tool using Workers, D1, and Queues
How Rust and Wasm power Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1
Keeping the Cloudflare API 'all green' using Py...
2023-03-1029 minThis Week in NETThis Week in Net: From Rust to Python and a glimpse on what to expect from Security WeekWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other elsewhere, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we go over our recent blog posts related to two relevant programming languages, Rust and Python. The related posts are:
Oxy is Cloudflare's Rust-based next generation proxy framework
How we built an open-source SEO tool using Workers, D1, and Queues
How Rust and Wasm power Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1
Keeping the Cloudflare API 'all green' using Py...
2023-03-1029 minOLD This Week in NETThis Week in Net: One year of war in Ukraine, Fediverse on Cloudflare and Chief Zero Trust OfficerWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other elsewhere, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we discuss one year of war in Ukraine and the related Internet trends, cyber attacks, and resilience of the country. We go over Wildebeest, an open-source, easy-to-deploy ActivityPub and Mastodon-compatible server built entirely on top of Cloudflare's Supercloud. We also give some attention to DDoS attacks given that Cloudflare mitigated a record-breaking 71 million request-per-second DD...
2023-02-2430 minThis Week in NETThis Week in Net: One year of war in Ukraine, Fediverse on Cloudflare and Chief Zero Trust OfficerWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and other elsewhere, covering a range of topics from product announcements, tools and features to disruptions on the Internet. João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming.
In this week's program, we discuss one year of war in Ukraine and the related Internet trends, cyber attacks, and resilience of the country. We go over Wildebeest, an open-source, easy-to-deploy ActivityPub and Mastodon-compatible server built entirely on top of Cloudflare's Supercloud. We also give some attention to DDoS attacks given that Cloudflare mitigated a record-breaking 71 million request-per-second DD...
2023-02-2430 minOLD This Week in NETThis Week in Net: Cloudflare Radar 2022 Year in Review & DNS records (Xmas edition)Welcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and elsewhere, from products, tools and announcements to disruptions on the Internet. This is our last This Week in Net of 2022.
João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. In this week's program, we talk about one of our most requested features: DNS record comments and tags are now here. And we go over Cloudflare Radar 2022 Year in Review microsite. In the end, we highlight some of the year’s Cloudflare announcements and give a glimpse of what to expect for 2023. Have a good holiday seas...
2022-12-2334 minThis Week in NETThis Week in Net: Cloudflare Radar 2022 Year in Review & DNS records (Xmas edition)Welcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and elsewhere, from products, tools and announcements to disruptions on the Internet. This is our last This Week in Net of 2022.
João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. In this week's program, we talk about one of our most requested features: DNS record comments and tags are now here. And we go over Cloudflare Radar 2022 Year in Review microsite. In the end, we highlight some of the year’s Cloudflare announcements and give a glimpse of what to expect for 2023. Have a good holiday seas...
2022-12-2334 minOLD This Week in NETThis Week in Net: Making the Cloudflare WAF smarter (and Impact Week intro)Welcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and elsewhere, from products, tools and announcements to disruptions on the Internet.
João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. In this week’s program, we talk about South Korea (we have a data center there for more than 10 years) and our first country manager there, Alex Kim. We explain how we are making the WAF (Web Application Firewall) smarter with a new machine learning model, in the WAF Attack Score. And we go over our new Security Analytics.
Last, but not least, we g...
2022-12-0930 minThis Week in NETThis Week in Net: Making the Cloudflare WAF smarter (and Impact Week intro)Welcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and elsewhere, from products, tools and announcements to disruptions on the Internet.
João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. In this week’s program, we talk about South Korea (we have a data center there for more than 10 years) and our first country manager there, Alex Kim. We explain how we are making the WAF (Web Application Firewall) smarter with a new machine learning model, in the WAF Attack Score. And we go over our new Security Analytics.
Last, but not least, we g...
2022-12-0930 minThis Week in NETThis Week in Net: From deep dives to trends (Thanksgiving edition)Welcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and elsewhere, from products, tools and announcements to disruptions on the Internet.
João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. In this week’s program we highlight how Cloudflare was named one of the Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in 2022; we also talk about the introduction our new system designed to detect route leaks and its integration on Cloudflare Radar and its public API; we go over routing on the Internet, and how prepending can do more harm than good; and how we manage Cloudflare IP addr...
2022-11-2830 minOLD This Week in NETThis Week in Net: From deep dives to trends (Thanksgiving edition)Welcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and elsewhere, from products, tools and announcements to disruptions on the Internet.
João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. In this week’s program we highlight how Cloudflare was named one of the Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in 2022; we also talk about the introduction our new system designed to detect route leaks and its integration on Cloudflare Radar and its public API; we go over routing on the Internet, and how prepending can do more harm than good; and how we manage Cloudflare IP addr...
2022-11-2830 minThis Week in NETThis Week in Net: From post-quantum to one-click TLSWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and elsewhere, from products, tools and announcements to disruptions on the Internet.
In this week’s program, João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. We’ll start on how Cloudflare is going post-quantum to protect the Internet from future threats, then discuss how Cloudflare Pages is getting even faster with Early Hints. There’s also some Nobel prize winners trends, one-click TLS that is now available, Cloudflare Stream supporting AV1 codec and its importance — and a teaser for next week’s deep dive.
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2022-10-0730 minOLD This Week in NETThis Week in Net: From post-quantum to one-click TLSWelcome to our weekly review of stories from our blog and elsewhere, from products, tools and announcements to disruptions on the Internet.
In this week’s program, João Tomé is joined by our CTO, John Graham-Cumming. We’ll start on how Cloudflare is going post-quantum to protect the Internet from future threats, then discuss how Cloudflare Pages is getting even faster with Early Hints. There’s also some Nobel prize winners trends, one-click TLS that is now available, Cloudflare Stream supporting AV1 codec and its importance — and a teaser for next week’s deep dive.
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2022-10-0730 min