Cloudflare Enhances Security for Private Applications

Cloudflare is launching Application Services for Private Origins in a closed beta, allowing enterprise customers to route public traffic to private applications securely. This new feature eliminates the need for public IP exposure or complex networking configurations, enabling private applications to benefit from Cloudflare's security, performance, and programmability services like WAF and bot management. The solution builds upon existing Cloudflare Tunnel capabilities and integrates with their private networking layer, offering a unified approach to protecting internal APIs, AI backends, and other sensitive services without compromising security or accessibility.