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CLOUDFLARE JUST GOT FASTER AND MORE SECURE, POWERED BY RUST

blog.cloudflare.com8 min read

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Cloudflare has rebuilt major components of its network system using Rust programming language, replacing its 15-year-old "FL" system with "FL2". This led to a 10ms reduction in median response time and a 25% performance boost. The new system, built on Cloudflare's Oxy framework, removes memory safety issues and data races that plagued the previous Nginx/LuaJIT-based system while providing better modularity.