{"id":24213,"date":"2022-02-02T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-to-setup-your-domain-to-use-cloudflare-dns\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T10:48:29","slug":"how-to-setup-your-domain-to-use-cloudflare-dns","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/how-to-setup-your-domain-to-use-cloudflare-dns\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup your domain to use Cloudflare DNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with steps to use Cloudflare DNS.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When using Cloudflare DNS, Cloudflare starts filtering (bad bots, hack attempt) all the request coming to your website. 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