Cloudflare believes it’s vital to protect the democratic process by ensuring the greatest level of security and performance of election websites. We’ve created the Athenian Project to offer state and local governments our highest level of protection free of charge. As an Internet performance and security company that handles 10% of global Internet traffic, Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
State and local governments can participate in the Athenian Project if they own or run a website related to:
The administration of elections, including the provision of information related to voting and polling places;
Voter data, including voter registration or verification; or
The reporting of election results.
Under the Athenian Project, they provide their Enterprise service which includes a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect against common attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting, rate-limiting, DNSSEC, Content Delivery Network (CDN), SSL encryption by default, unmetered mitigation of DDoS attacks, a dedicated email support alias and 24/7 emergency support phone number.
Specifically, Cloudflare’s Rate Limiting is a strategy for limiting network traffic. It puts a cap on how often someone can repeat an action within a certain timeframe – for instance, trying to log in to an account. Rate limiting can help stop certain kinds of malicious bot activity. It can also reduce strain on web servers. Cloudflare Rate Limiting automatically identifies and mitigates excessive request rates for specific URLs or for an entire domain. Request rates are calculated locally for individual Cloudflare data centers. The most common uses for Rate Limiting are DDoS protection, Brute-force attack protection, and to limit access to forum searches, API calls, or resources that involve database-intensive operations at your origin.
Click “Use Tool” below to apply.
Sign up required to access tool: Yes
How to set up your account: https://www.cloudflare.com/athenian/
Configuration article: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001635128-Configuring-Cloudflare-Rate-Limiting
Terms and Conditions: https://www.cloudflare.com/media/pdf/cloudflare-athenian-project-terms-of-service.pdf
“Time” defines the approximate time it will take to implement the tool, including installation and setup. Based on your system and experience, the time may be longer or shorter than the time estimated.
Requires minimal technical knowledge to complete setup. Users with little-to-no familiarity with computer systems will still easily be able to implement Level 1 tools.
Requires basic technical understanding of operating systems and settings controls. Users with a basic understanding will be able to easily implement Level 2 tools.
Requires an intermediate level of understanding to implement. Users will need an intermediate understanding of computer systems and code languages.
Requires advanced levels of understanding of computer systems, settings and code languages. Users will need experience with advanced system configurations.
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