EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 33 MIN
Free Cloudflare WAF: Is It Enough for Self-Hosting?
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Can you secure your self-hosted setup using only Cloudflare's free WAF tier, or do you need Access? We break down the WAF rule cascade order, the five essential free-tier rules, and where webhooks break everything. Learn the exact WAF rules to write for Home Assistant and N8N, plus the hybrid approach that keeps human-facing services behind Access while letting machine endpoints breathe.
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Can you secure your self-hosted setup using only Cloudflare's free WAF tier, or do you need Access? We break down the WAF rule cascade order, the five essential free-tier rules, and where webhooks break everything. Learn the exact WAF rules to write for Home Assistant and N8N, plus the hybrid approach that keeps human-facing services behind Access while letting machine endpoints breathe.
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