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title: Secure against attacks
description: Proxy all subdomains through Cloudflare.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf-twitter-card.png
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# Secure against attacks

Review the different actions you can take to secure your website against attacks.

## Orange cloud all proper subdomains

When a subdomain is set to Proxied (also known as orange-clouded), Cloudflare proxying is active for that record and the record will resolve to a Cloudflare IP.

Refer to [Proxy status](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/proxy-status/) for more information.

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