Rate Limiting for API Security
How advanced rate limiting protects modern applications and APIs from sophisticated threats including proxy networks, distributed attacks, and automated abuse in enterprise security environments.
HTTP Security Headers
Comprehensive guide to HTTP security headers for protecting web applications from client-side attacks. Learn essential browser security configurations for modern application security platforms and DevSecOps workflows.
RFC 9460
Introducing SVCB and HTTPS records in DNS and their impact on web connectivity.
HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack Deepdive
The technicalities of the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset vulnerability and steps to fortify against DDoS threats.
Understanding the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack
A comprehensive breakdown of the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset flaw and guidance on bolstering defences against potential DDoS attacks.
Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
Google is introducing a new Core Web Vital to replace First Input Delay, read on to learn all about it.
A Secure Internet
Google Chrome is advancing towards making the web secure by default through HTTPS-First Mode.
Vary Cache on Cookie Value
Varying the cache on a specific cookie value is a powerful way to cache personalised content. Many CDNs consider this an enterprise feature, but it's essential for modern dynamic websites.
Content and Origin Mounting
Content/Origin mounting allows you to seamlessly bring content together from multiple sources, on to your main website.
Enterprise DDoS Protection
Analysis of the Microsoft 365 DDoS attack by Storm-1359 reveals critical lessons for enterprise application security platforms. Learn advanced Layer 7 DDoS protection strategies and rate limiting techniques for modern applications.
Understanding HTTP Link Headers
HTTP Link headers are a relatively unknown but powerful way to improve page load times.
Consistent Hash with Bounded Loads
An overview of consistent hashing with bounded loads, an advanced load balancing technique that ensures a more even distribution of keys across servers, preventing overload and improving system stability.
Locality Sensitive Hashing
An introduction to Locality Sensitive Hashing (LSH) and its application in load balancing, including consistent hashing and its use in CDNs and Google's Maglev for efficient server pool management.
Multi-Origin Load Balancing
Websites with a global audience need more than just a traditional CDN. They need geographic multi origin load balancing.
The Death of JPEG-XL
We bid farewell to JPEG-XL after its abrupt deprecation by Google, reinforcing the tech giant's domineering influence over the web and sparking a call for resilient alternatives.
Layer 7 DDoS Protection
Comprehensive guide to Layer 7 DDoS protection using strategic caching within application security platforms. Learn how intelligent caching strategies provide robust defence against sophisticated application-layer attacks.
Drupal full page caching module
We're excited to announce our Drupal 8/9 caching module, read on for more details.
Origin shield
Origin shield is a CDN must have feature that increases your Cache Hit Rate by consolidating requests from POPs.
CDN Cache Keys
Cache keys allows the segmenting of the Peakhour.IO cache by elements of both the request and response, enabling effective and flexible caching of content.
Intelligent Rate Limiting
Comprehensive guide to intelligent rate limiting for modern application security platforms. Learn how sophisticated rate limiting protects APIs and web applications from abuse, DDoS attacks, and automated threats whilst maintaining optimal user experience.
Request collapsing
Request collapsing - saving your origin by reducing concurrent requests and re-using responses for resources.
Cdn-Cache-Control
CDN-Cache-Control is a proposed new header to augment the venerable Cache-Control. Its aim is to make controlling caching easier as CDNs become ubiquitous.
Cache-Status
Cache-Status is a proposed standard header to provide visibility into how caching providers interact and handle a request.
Fastly Outage
Fastly, a major CDN provider, had a global outage last night which affected some of the world's largest websites and internet services. Why didn't they have a backup plan?
Google AMP
Google AMP has been controversial right from the get go. As part of its 'Page Experience Update' Google is removing its preferential treatment of AMP authored pages.
Website Optimisation
Even if you have the fastest server in the world, your website might still seem very slow to end users if you have lots of render blocking resources, learn how to deal with them.
What is the Google Chrome UX (CrUX) report, and why you should care.
Learn where Google gets the performance data it uses when ranking your website.
The CDN is Dead, Long Live the CDN!
Firefox and Chrome are introducing cache partitioning to improve your privacy, from everyone except Google.
Secure Dynamic Content Caching
Comprehensive guide to secure dynamic content caching that improves server performance whilst maintaining security controls. Learn how modern application security platforms integrate caching with threat protection for optimal performance-security balance.
Common Issues That Affect Website Performance
After covering testing we're going to get an overview of the common issues that impact website load times and how to check for them.
Are Australian Magento Stores Ready For Web Vitals?
Are Australian Magento stores prepared for the introduction of Core Web Vitals as a search signal? Read on to find out.
Website Performance testing with WebPageTest.org
In this installment of our website performance series we're taking a look at webpagetest.org, one of the best tools you can use to analyse real world performance of your website.
Is your website obese?
An introduction to page weight, what it is and how you can reduce it.
Boost Your Website Speed with Full Page Caching
Our Magento 1 plugin is now available in the Magento Store. Discover how it improves website performance and capability.