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The same stack in every city, reached by anycast. 9 components, 2 request walk-throughs.
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Visitors Anycast network DDoS protection Web application firewall Edge cache Workers Upper cache tier Customer origin Global configuration
A simplified model based on public talks and engineering write-ups. Real systems are larger and change over time.