SSL Termination
SSL Termination
📖 Definition
SSL Termination is a technique for decrypting HTTPS traffic at the gateway layer, where the gateway handles TLS handshake and encryption/decryption, and backend services only need to process plain HTTP requests. This simplifies certificate management for backend services while allowing the gateway to inspect and process request content.
🔗 How Higress Uses This
Higress supports SSL termination, can uniformly manage TLS certificates, supports automatic certificate renewal, and can perform security checks and routing on decrypted traffic.
💡 Examples
- 1 Uniformly manage certificates for all domains at the gateway layer
- 2 Let's Encrypt certificate automatic renewal
- 3 Content-level security checks can be performed after SSL termination
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❓ FAQ
What is SSL Termination?
SSL Termination is a technique for decrypting HTTPS traffic at the gateway layer, where the gateway handles TLS handshake and encryption/decryption, and backend services only need to process plain HTTP requests. This simplifies certificate management for backend services while allowing the gateway to inspect and process request content.
How does Higress support SSL Termination?
Higress supports SSL termination, can uniformly manage TLS certificates, supports automatic certificate renewal, and can perform security checks and routing on decrypted traffic.
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