Cloudflare Down: the Importance of Integrated Protection
This morning, December 5th, 2025, a vast portion of the Internet became unreachable. E-commerce sites, artificial intelligence services, social networks, and countless other platforms stopped working, showing their users a laconic message: “500 Internal Server Error, Cloudflare”. Once again, an internal problem with one of the largest CDN and security service providers has caused a global digital blackout. This event, following closely on the heels of other similar outages, raises a crucial question for any online business: is it wise to entrust the resilience of your infrastructure to a single external point of vulnerability?
As an Italian infrastructure hosting provider, we at Servereasy firmly believe in a different approach. We believe that security and reliability should not be delegated, but integrated into the very heart of the infrastructure. While the world came to a standstill due to Cloudflare’s outage, our customers continued to operate without interruption. Why? Because our DDoS protection is proprietary, always active, and completely independent from third-party services. In this article, we want to analyze what the latest Cloudflare outage teaches us and how an infrastructure with integrated protection represents the true solution for a future-proof business.
The Problem of the “Single Point of Failure”
Cloudflare offers excellent services, but its centralized architecture, where the traffic of millions of sites is routed through its systems, creates an enormous “single point of failure” (SPOF). If Cloudflare has a problem, that problem instantly becomes the problem of all its customers. Today’s events, as well as those in November and October, demonstrate that no provider, no matter how large, is immune to internal errors, configuration bugs, or network issues.
Relying on an external service for a critical function such as DDoS protection and traffic management means:
- Loss of Control: In case of an outage, you can do nothing but wait for the provider to resolve the problem. Your business is literally in someone else’s hands.
- Risk of Cascading Damage: A problem with Cloudflare’s APIs, like today’s, can block not only the public site but also control panels and management tools, paralyzing operations.
- False Sense of Security: Many believe that being behind a big name makes them invulnerable, but these events demonstrate that dependency itself is a vulnerability.
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The Solution: Integrated and Proprietary DDoS Protection
Our approach to security is radically different. Instead of routing traffic to an external service, we have built a proprietary DDoS mitigation platform, integrated directly into our network. This means that protection is not an added service, but an intrinsic feature of every single Cloud VPS and Dedicated Server we offer.
| Approach | External Service (e.g., Cloudflare) | Servereasy Integrated Protection |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Traffic is diverted to a third-party provider. | Protection is native to the hosting provider’s network. |
| Point of Vulnerability | High. An outage of the external provider blocks your site. | None. The infrastructure is autonomous and independent. |
| Control | Limited to the options offered by the provider’s panel. | Full control through our client area. |
| Activation | Requires DNS configuration and traffic routing. | Always active (Always-ON), no configuration required. |
| Cost | Free with basic features, but advanced plans are expensive. | Included for free in all our VPS and Dedicated plans. |
How Our Protection Works
Our DDoS protection constantly analyzes traffic directed to your server. When it detects an anomaly or attack patterns, malicious traffic is automatically diverted and “cleaned” by our scrubbers, while legitimate traffic continues to reach your server without interruption. With a mitigation capacity of up to 1.2 Tbps, we can handle even the most massive attacks, ensuring business continuity.
VPS and Dedicated Servers: Your Independent Digital Fortress
Choosing a Servereasy Cloud VPS or Dedicated Server means building your business on a digital fortress, not on a house of cards that depends on others. Every one of our plans includes:
- Proprietary Always-ON DDoS Protection: Included, always active, independent from Cloudflare or others.
- Latest Generation Hardware: AMD EPYC CPUs and NVMe storage for exceptional performance.
- Daily Automatic Backups: Your data is always safe.
- Milan Datacenter: Maximum speed for your Italian users and GDPR compliance.
- 24/7 Technical Support in Italian: A team of experts by your side.
Conclusions: It’s Time to Choose Independence
The continuous outages of large global providers are not an exception, but a new normal to deal with. Continuing to entrust your business to a centralized architecture dependent on third parties is a gamble that, sooner or later, you risk losing. Today’s event is yet another wake-up call.
It’s time to make a strategic choice: invest in a resilient, autonomous infrastructure with integrated protection. It’s time to choose independence. With our VPS and Dedicated Server solutions, you can build a solid, secure digital future completely under your control.
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If my site uses Servereasy, was it impacted by the Cloudflare outage?
No. Our customers experienced no service interruption. Our infrastructure, including the network and DDoS protection, is completely independent from Cloudflare. This event demonstrates the value of an autonomous architecture that doesn’t depend on external providers for critical functions.
Is Servereasy's DDoS protection as effective as Cloudflare's?
Yes, and it offers the advantage of independence. Ours is an enterprise-level solution, developed internally, with a mitigation capacity of up to 1.2 Tbps. It’s always active (Always-ON) and included free in all plans. While Cloudflare offers an excellent service, our solution eliminates the risk of an external “single point of failure,” as demonstrated by recent outages.
What does it mean that your DDoS protection is 'proprietary'?
It means we have developed and manage the mitigation technology and infrastructure ourselves. We don’t rely on resellers or third-party services. This gives us maximum control over service quality, allows us to customize protection rules, and most importantly, makes us immune to other providers’ problems and outages.
If I already have a site on another provider behind Cloudflare, how can I migrate to you?
Migration is a process we can help you plan. The first step is to activate a VPS or Dedicated Server with us. Subsequently, you can migrate your site’s data and, once completed, modify your domain’s DNS records to point directly to the new Servereasy IP address, completely bypassing Cloudflare. We also offer managed migration services to make the process as simple as possible.
Is the included DDoS protection sufficient or do I need to purchase an advanced plan?
For the vast majority of websites, applications, and game servers, our Base DDoS protection, included for free, is more than sufficient to block the most common attacks (Layer 3/4). We offer advanced protection plans (Layer 7) for businesses requiring an even more granular level of application security, but it’s not a requirement to be effectively protected.
Besides DDoS protection, what other advantages do I have by not depending on Cloudflare?
Independence gives you direct control over performance and configuration. You’re not subject to caching or routing rules you don’t control. You have simpler and more direct DNS management, and above all, the certainty that your infrastructure’s reliability depends only on your hosting provider’s solidity, not on an external intermediary.
Are your servers in Italy? Does this help with latency?
Yes, all our infrastructure is located in our proprietary datacenter in Milan. This guarantees the lowest possible latency for Italian and European users, a crucial factor for user experience and SEO ranking. Not having intermediaries like Cloudflare also means having a shorter and more direct network path between your server and your visitors.
