The Cloudflare L7 DDoS rule is designed to detect and mitigate Layer 7 Distributed Denial of Service attacks against web applications. The rule monitors incoming traffic for patterns indicative of DDoS attacks, such as repetitive requests aimed at exhausting resources. Upon detecting such traffic, it implements actions such as blocking or marking the requests based on predefined thresholds. This rule is considered medium severity and applies to requests processed by the Cloudflare firewall infrastructure. The relevant logging provides crucial data on the client IP, country, and request details to analyze the source of potential attacks. The detection runs on a deduplication period of 60 minutes and executes when the request count exceeds a threshold of 100 in that timeframe. Monitoring and analyzing the logs generated will assist in understanding attack patterns and applying appropriate remedies to safeguard the service.