What are the primary security benefits of trusting Cloudflare IPs in Traefik?

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What are the primary security benefits of trusting Cloudflare IPs in Traefik?
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Trusting Cloudflare IPs in Traefik primarily enhances security by ensuring that the originating IP address reported by clients is indeed from Cloudflare's network. This prevents IP spoofing attacks where an attacker might try to send requests with forged `X-Forwarded-For` headers to bypass IP-based access controls or to appear as if the request originated from a trusted source.