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Then I shall restate with greater precision. The operating mode described by the comment to which I was responding, that of CloudFlare performing all steps of
by Kalium 11y ago
Then I shall restate with greater precision.
The operating mode described by the comment to which I was responding, that of CloudFlare performing all steps of SSL termination, is one operating mode available. CloudFlare offers at least one other operating mode in which they are not responsible for all aspects of SSL termination. In particular, they offer an operating mode in which they do not hold private keys. This is referred to as "Keyless SSL". Thus the concern voiced by the comment to which I was responding, that of CloudFlare stripping SSL, is but one available option rather than the only available option.
Clearer?
- duskwuff 11y agoKeyless SSL only prevents CloudFlare from having access to SSL key material. They can still read and modify any traffic that passes through them.
- Kalium 11y agoTrue, but this isn't the concern I was addressing. And sometimes modifying is a desirable feature.
- jsprogrammer 11y ago"Keyless SSL" is a bit of a misnomer. CloudFlare still holds the keys to encrypt and decrypt the content it is distributing and therefore sees everything (they can inject into your traffic as well). Even if they don't hold the private key, they can act in every way as if they did hold the private key.