Network / Architecture
The route to your origin.
FortEdge is a reverse proxy with its own authoritative DNS. Keep your registrar, your hosting provider and your website files.
Request path
From visitor
to website.
- Visitor
The browser looks up your domain using DNS.
- FortEdge
FortEdge nameservers direct protected web traffic to the edge. The edge applies your domain’s rules.
- Your origin
Allowed traffic is forwarded to your existing web server.
DNS delegation
One authoritative DNS provider.
Use the complete set of FortEdge nameservers shown for your domain at your registrar. Do not mix those nameservers with another DNS provider’s nameservers.
Check your existing records before changing delegation. Email and other services depend on records beyond the website’s address.
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Protect your first domain.
One domain. Thirty days. No card required.