I didn't know it was possible to do this. As for to slow down the experience, we're talking in milliseconds, it is negligible for the UX

But in 2023, I'm still puzzeled to see Cloudflare having the majority of the market. CF is everywhere, it's like a mafia lol.
Incapsula for exemple is far better with performances. Sure it's a costly solution, but I'm just saying there are alternatives doing the same job.

Thinking about it:
- the structure of a DDOS attack is decentralized
- the architcture of a DDOS protection is centralized
- these big fat centralized anti-DDoS companies rule the web. Some companies can't survive without them

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8436643