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> From an engineering perspective this is a creative way to circumvent management's requirements ("our encryption keys must be kept on premises"), but otherwise
by jackgavigan 12y ago
> From an engineering perspective this is a creative way to circumvent management's requirements ("our encryption keys must be kept on premises"), but otherwise I don't see the value.
This is a little bit like saying "From an engineering perspective, gold is a good conductor but otherwise I don't see the value."
Whether the desire to avoid sharing SSL keys with 3rd parties stems from management, regulatory or contractual requirements is irrelevant. The bottom line, from CloudFlare's perspective, is that they have been unable to address a significant and potentially highly-profitable market.
Keyless SSL might not be groundbreaking from a technical/engineering perspective but, as a service offering, it could unlock hundreds of millions in revenue for CloudFlare.