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Edge Worker

Serverless code, such as a Cloudflare Worker, that runs on a CDN's edge network in front of the origin server and can inspect or rewrite requests and responses in flight. Because the origin is never modified, a malicious edge worker is invisible to origin-side integrity checks.

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Why a Long-Lived CDN API Key Is the Most Dangerous Secret in Your Codebase

An edge-platform key reaches every hostname you serve and every site embedding your scripts, and misuse is invisible from the origin. How to inventory, scope, rotate and alert on this class of secret.

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