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title: Concepts · Cloudflare Learning Paths
description: Learn how you can protect your data center from distributed
  denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with Magic Transit.
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Learn core concepts about Magic Transit and its functionality, in order to protect your data centers from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

## Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

* Understand what Magic Transit is
* Why you should use it to protect your IP network
