Site protection: service settings

How to configure service

1. Log in to the personal account and navigate to "Product/Services" in the left menu, click "Site Protection".
2. Select "Site protection" service and click "Settings" on toolbar.

Security

1. Redirect HTTP → HTTPS
   If option is enabled, all http:// requests will be redirected to https://
2. Connection type filter server ↔ Web server:
   Select how filter server should proxy requests to origin server, force uses HTTP, HTTPS or keep as incoming traffic.
3. HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
   A security mechanism that protects websites by enforcing the use of HTTPS via the Strict-Transport-Security header. When enabled, browsers automatically switch to HTTPS, even if the user attempts to access the site over HTTP.
4. Ban Tor requests
   If option is enabled, access to your domain will be blocked from TOR networks.
5. SSL certificate type
   Parameter allows you to setup SSL certificate for domain, available two options:

• Let’s Encrypt (free certificate that renews automatically each 90 days),
• Custom SSL (your own certificate, assumes that you already have certificate) When selecting a custom certificate, fields for entering the contents of the certificate and key will appear below. After saving the settings, the data is not stored in the billing, the contents of the certificate and key are not displayed when re-editing the settings, do not edit the fields if you do not want to update the certificate.

SSL certificate can be purchased in the corresponding section of our website to renew it and configure it in one control panel.

CDN

1. Caching
   When this option is enabled, static content will be cached on the CDN, which will allow the site to load faster. Read more about content requirements in the article. Read more about content requirements in "Site protection: сaching and CDN"
2. Compression level
   Accelerates loading speed through the use of modern compression algorithms. Only work when the parameter caching is on. Available values:

• Disabled
• Low (Gzip only)
• Optimal (Gzip/Brotli)

3. Heuristic recompression
   Reduces loading speed through the increased compression efficiency. Only work when the parameter caching is on.

HTTP headers

1. Keep Referer
   1. Stores the original Referer header in the document.referrer property, which improves website analytics

Check how to work with IP lists in "Site protection: block/allow IP lists"