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> it's a secure connection to an HTTP/HTTPS proxy being run by Cloudflare How does an HTTPS proxy work? will it be like how cloudflare does https with websites

• progval 7y ago
  They can just forward the encrypted bytes (I don't know if that's how they actually do it). Cloudflare does mitm decryption in order to inject its own code and captcha in the pages.
  • lugubris 7y ago
    If they just forward the encrypted bytes then I don't see any reason to send your traffic to cloudflare for https connection, makes sense for http connections. I think its like how they do it for cloudflare's cdn (user -> cloudflare -> server) so mitm'ing b/w user and server, again no need for this. I think they should ignore https traffic and use this for http traffic only (very less?).
• gruez 7y ago
  see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_tunnel#HTTP_CONNECT_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_tunnel#HTTP_CONNECT_metho...
• Dylan16807 7y ago
  Worth noting is that it is not a transparent proxy. Firefox is aware of the mitm, and cooperates with it to achieve security.