Enabling Strict SSL Between Cloudflare and Your Origin Server: Complete Guide

In Full (strict) mode, Cloudflare encrypts all traffic between visitors and your origin server while strictly validating the origin’s SSL certificate to ensure it’s valid, unexpired, and issued by a trusted authority like a public CA or Cloudflare’s Origin CA.[1][4][5] This setup provides end-to-end encryption without exposing your server to unverified connections, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks.[4] Why Use Full (Strict) SSL Mode? Cloudflare offers several SSL/TLS encryption modes, but Full (strict) stands out for maximum security: ...

December 15, 2025 · 4 min · 713 words · martinuke0

The Complete Guide to Building SaaS with Cloudflare: From Beginner to Hero

Imagine you’re building a house. You could buy land, lay the foundation, install plumbing, wire electricity, build walls, and so on. Or you could move into a fully-equipped building where infrastructure is already handled, and you just focus on decorating and living. Cloudflare is that fully-equipped building for the internet. It’s a platform that handles the hard infrastructure problems (speed, security, scaling) so you can focus on building your SaaS product. ...

November 28, 2025 · 29 min · 6045 words · martinuke0
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