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Reputation:

Usage of SSL in Node.js app proxied trough Apache

I have this structure: Client -> Cloudflare -> Apache Server -> Node.js Express

Am I supposted to use HTTPS protocol on Node.js Express app? Or its completely pointless because I already have SSL enabled on Client -> Cloudflare -> Apache Server?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 115

Answers (1)

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 36319

It's hard to answer without more details on your application, but I will say that it's very common to terminate SSL at the load balancer or web server, and then have the web server or load balancer reverse proxy to the node app over HTTP or a unix socket or similar. I wouldn't say it's completely "pointless", but it is more overhead that will depend on the level of security you require.

In most cases, if the Apache web server is on the same machine as the node application, or if there's some other protection between the two machines, then there's little or no value to be gained by also encrypting that traffic.

Upvotes: 1

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