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Edge Security Acceleration:Overview

Last Updated:Jun 16, 2026

DCDN provides access control features, including hotlink protection, URL signing, remote authentication, IP blacklists and whitelists, and User-Agent blacklists and whitelists to identify and filter visitors and protect your resources.

The following table describes the access control features available for your domain names.

Feature

Description

Configure hotlink protection

Configure a Referer blacklist or whitelist to identify and filter visitors based on request source domains. This prevents other websites from hotlinking to your content.

Configure URL signing

URL signing adds authentication to URLs. DCDN validates the encrypted string and timestamp in a signed URL to protect resources from unauthorized downloads. More secure than hotlink protection, URL signing is ideal for files that require a high level of security.

Remote authentication

If you have your own authentication server, you can configure remote authentication to forward user requests to your server for validation.

Configure an IP blacklist and whitelist

Configure an IP blacklist and whitelist based on request source IP addresses to restrict access and prevent malicious activities such as IP address abuse and attacks.

Configure a User-Agent blacklist and whitelist

A User-Agent identifies the client that sends a request. Configure a User-Agent blacklist and whitelist to ensure that your resources are accessed only from allowed clients.