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When is it necessary to have SSL on the LAN side of a reverse proxy (between the reverse proxy and the server)? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Without SSL on the LAN side of a reverse proxy, I presume that all traffic between the server and the reverse proxy is unencrypted and, thus, accessible to any device on the LAN.

Which specific scenarios result in this being a concern? The primary concern that I can come up with is if you know that there are untrustworthy entities connected to the LAN (untrustworthy devices, or perhaps malicious individuals).

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Its worth considering to do SNI routing without decryption in the reverse-proxy, but usually it is not a major issue to just terminate.