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The Signals Series, Part 3: Signals at the Edge
Blake Dournaee
Learn how to use next-gen WAF signals to identify known actors and track responses. We’ll also look at how moving some of the security decisioning to Fastly’s edge can further protect downstream systems through the use of custom response codes.
Self-service Image Optimization announced | Fastly
Travis Sanders
We are happy to announce the availability of the long awaiting self-service of our Image Optimization product. Once enabled, users can manually enable/disable image optimization on each/all of their Fastly service configurations. We are pleased to bring this support to the world's fastest-edge network.
The Importance of Multi-CDN in Two Charts
John Agger
When content delivery networks (CDNs) garner coverage in the media, it's almost always because of an outage. Yet, outages are not a major reason to move to adopt multiple CDNs.
Easy IAM authentication for GCP services now available. | Fastly
Dom Fee
Announcing general availability of IAM (Identity Access Management), secrets-free authentication for our Google BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Pub/Sub logging integrations.
Survey: 73% Rise in Cybersecurity Spend by 2023 | Fastly
Sean Leach
Fastly is excited to share the findings of a cybersecurity survey of IT and security leaders in a new report called, “Fighting fire with fire: Cybersecurity strategies are suffering as a result of complexity.”
Easy Debugging with Compute@Edge Log Tailing UI | Fastly
Dom Soegono
The Fastly CLI is an excellent tool during development and debugging, when an engineer is typically working within the codebase and command line. But it may not always be the most readily available tool when you’re viewing observability metrics and dashboards in the browser. Our new C@E Log-Tailing UI solves this problem.
Introducing Cloud WAF Terraform Support
Liam Mayron
Terraform, from HashiCorp, enables DevOps teams to deploy cloud infrastructure as code. Fastly supports Terraform across our product lines and today we’re excited to share enhancements to our Next-Gen WAF Terraform provider for our Cloud WAF deployment model which will further streamline operations for our secure DevOps users.
TLS Key Size: Why Bigger isn't Always Better | Fastly
Wayne Thayer
TLS key size has a recommended length of 2048 bits, but that does not mean you can not go bigger or smaller. In this post, we explore the various TLS key sizes by examining the function of the TLS certificate and the cryptographic operations used by TLS.
Is it time for ECDSA certificates?
Shane Burgess
For 40 years, RSA certificates have been the industry standard for Transport Layer Security (TLS). But we’re seeing a shift – especially as the prevalence of high-traffic cyber attacks continues to grow.
Data visualization for accessibility
Henry Zhang
At Fastly, we always strive to do the right thing. That’s why we’re introducing a more accessible data visualization color palette as part of our Edge Observer product.
Introducing WebSocket Support for all Fastly customers!
Ashley Vassell
Today, Fastly announces support for WebSockets on Delivery and Compute services in General Availability!
Fast Forward: Let’s build the good internet together
Artur Bergman, Hannah Aubry
We believe in an internet that is free, open, and safe for all. And we believe the only way to get there is if we all build and nurture it. Together.
Building a Collaborative Internet
Anil Dash
The most powerful thing about the internet isn’t the technology it's built on; it’s the people building and using it.
Syntax highlight Fastly VCL files in Visual Studio Code
Leon Brocard
With Fastly’s new Visual Studio Code extension, Fastly Varnish Configuration Language (VCL), you can now syntax highlight Fastly VCL code.
Announcing Rate Limiting Expansion for Next-Gen WAF
Daniel Corbett
Today we’re excited to announce an expansion of advanced rate limiting rules, increased blocking durations, and removal of limitations on non-IP client identifiers in the Fastly Next-Gen WAF.
Astro on the Edge in under 2 minutes with Fastly
Jonathan Speek
Did you know you can easily serve static sites from the edge with Fastly? Here’s how to get an Astro site published on Fastly’s Compute for free in less than 2 minutes.
DIY Platforms Need Right Partners | Fastly
Andrew Peterson
Following years of growth, IP broadcasting—aka "streaming"—has become the largest content channel, surpassing both cable and broadcast accounting in July and reaching 35% of viewers in August, according to Nielsen.
Using Client Hints to Detect Disparities
Fastly Security Research Team, Simran Khalsa
Learn how User-Agent Client Hints work, explore privacy-related features and concerns, and how the partial adoption and incompleteness of this emerging standard can be used to detect behavior disparities.
Seven Ways to Deploy Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF in Kubernetes
Brendon Macaraeg
DevOps teams adopt new tools and frameworks like application containers and Kubernetes, a container orchestration system, to more efficiently and quickly build and release applications.
Gatsby on the Edge in under 2 minutes with Fastly
Jonathan Speek
Did you know you can easily serve static sites from the edge with Fastly? Here’s how to get a Gatsby site published on Fastly’s Compute for free in less than 2 minutes.
