What role do CDNs play in protecting against DDoS attacks?

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Grade: Education Subject: Ddos
What role do CDNs play in protecting against DDoS attacks?
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CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) cache website content on servers distributed globally. This distributes the load, absorbing some of the attack traffic and preventing it from reaching the origin server. They also often include DDoS mitigation features like traffic filtering and rate limiting.