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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.

    Security
    + 2 more
  • 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.

    Performance
    Compute
  • 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.

    Streaming
  • 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.

    Product
    Security
  • 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.”

    Security
    Industry insights
  • 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.

    DevOps
    + 2 more
  • 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.

    Security
    + 2 more
  • 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.

    Security
    + 2 more
  • 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.

    Security
    + 2 more
  • 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.

    Culture
    Product
  • Introducing WebSocket Support for all Fastly customers!

    Ashley Vassell

    Today, Fastly announces support for WebSockets on Delivery and Compute services in General Availability!

    Product
    Performance
  • 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.

    DevOps
    + 3 more
  • 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.

    DevOps
    Culture
  • 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.

    DevOps
    Engineering
  • 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.

    Security
    Product
  • 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.

    DevOps
    Compute
  • 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.

    Industry insights
    Streaming
  • 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.

    DevOps
    + 2 more
  • 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.

    Security
    DevOps
  • 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.

    Performance
    Compute