Automatic (secure) transmission: taking the pain out of origin connection security
Oct 3, 2022Alex Krivit, Mikey Sleevi, Suleman Ahmad
Summary
This post details the technical challenges and solutions for automatically upgrading origin SSL/TLS configurations to the highest available security level. It explains the evolution of origin security options (Off, Flexible, Full, Full (strict), Strict), the methodology used by the SSL/TLS Recommender tool (crawling, content similarity, certificate validation), and the shift from per-zone to per-origin SSL/TLS settings to maximize security posture for complex setups.
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