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title: Best practices
description: Learn about best practices for configuring Cloudflare's DDoS protection.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
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# Best practices

Refer to the following pages for more information on DDoS protection best practices:

* [ Third-party services and DDoS protection ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/best-practices/third-party/)
* [ Proactive DDoS defense ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/best-practices/proactive-defense/)
* [ Prevent DDoS attacks ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/concepts/)

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