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Update TLS versions

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In some circumstances - specifically when an application allows client-initiated SSL/TLS renegotiation - previous versions of SSL/TLS can be more vulnerable to DDoS attacks.

When you use an SSL/TLS certificate issued by Cloudflare1, you can reduce the impact of this vulnerability by:

​​ Additional resources

For more details on this vulnerability, refer to Secure Server- and Client-Initiated SSL Renegotiation.


  1. Meaning either Universal or Advanced certificates. ↩︎