Kyoto Tycoon Secure Replication
Dec 22, 2014Nick Sullivan
Summary
This post details the integration of mutually-authenticated TLS encryption into Kyoto Tycoon, a key-value store used by Cloudflare for replicating sensitive data between data centers. This enhancement protects data in transit over the public internet, preventing eavesdropping and modification by securing the replication pipeline for critical information like session ticket keys and DNS data.
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