How does Cloudflare proxy work on a laptop?

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How does Cloudflare proxy work on a laptop?
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Cloudflare proxy intercepts requests made by your laptop to the internet. Instead of directly connecting to the website's server, your laptop sends the request to Cloudflare's servers. Cloudflare then performs various checks, like caching, security checks (DDoS protection, WAF), and DNS resolution. The response from Cloudflare is then forwarded to your laptop, making it appear as if the request originated from Cloudflare. This provides added security and performance benefits.