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Link Cloudflare to Tech Lockdown

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In order to get the most out of your membership, you'll need to connect a Cloudflare account to Tech Lockdown.

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Cloudflare Addon Overview

Our integration with Cloudflare is a core part of the Tech Lockdown System. It's a critical protective layer for your devices that is enhanced with a few features from our platform.

We sync your Content Policy with Cloudflare so that your Content Policy is applied at the network-level of your device. Additionally, we provide several tools for protecting the connection with Cloudflare from being bypassed.

Adding the Cloudflare integration unlocks the following capabilities:

  1. Content Policy rules based on DNS Category
  2. Content Policy rules based on DNS App Category
  3. Apply your Content Policy to a home router
  4. Connect to your Content Policy using DNS
  5. Connect to your Content Policy using the Cloudflare VPN apps (Cloudflare WARP / Cloudflare One)
  6. Protect the Cloudflare VPN from being bypassed on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.
    1. Cloudflare WARP enforcer tool for Mac
    2. Cloudflare WARP enforcer tool for Windows
    3. Protected VPNs for supervised iOS devices
    4. Device management guide for Android, which includes instructions on protecting the Cloudflare VPN.

Connecting a Cloudflare Account to Tech Lockdown

To get started, go to your Tech Lockdown account dashboard and open the Cloudflare Connect Wizard.

The Cloudflare Connect wizard that we provide through your Tech Lockdown dashboard will walk you through this entire process in more detail. This tutorial can help you with supplementary information.

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In general, here are the steps you will follow in the Cloudflare Connect wizard in your Tech Lockdown account dashboard:

Step 1: Sign Up for a Cloudflare Account

Register for a free Cloudflare account on the Cloudflare website. Click here to go to the Cloudflare Signup page.

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Check your email and confirm your Cloudflare account. If you don't see the email, check your spam folder.

Step 2: Get you Cloudflare Global API Key

Go to the API tokens section in your profile and copy the Global API key.

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Step 3: Generate Token

We will temporarily use your Global API key to generate a limited API key that the Tech Lockdown dashboard will use going forward. We do not store your Global API key, only the limited token we generate.

Multiple Accounts

In some rare cases, customers have a Cloudflare account that is connected to multiple Cloudflare accounts. In order to generate the token, you'll have to select the Cloudflare account that you want to associate with Tech Lockdown

Step 4: Enable Zero Trust

Enable the Zero Trust feature by creating a Team Name. This Team Name will be required if you want to connect a device using your email address.

Step 5: Test Connection

Run tests that ensure you properly set up your Cloudflare account and that Tech Lockdown can manage the Zero Trust feature properly.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Tech Lockdown safeguard my API Key?

We initially use your Global API key so that we can generate a limited API token. Here is how we protect the key:

  1. We do not save your Global API key and have no way to access it after you close your browser.
  2. The API token we generate only grants us access to a few features within Cloudflare.
  3. We store an encrypted version of this API token in our database.

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