Node mTLS from scratch

Introduction

Mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) is a security protocol that provides encryption, authentication, and data integrity for communications over a computer network, such as the Internet. mTLS is an extension of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, and it adds the concept of mutual authentication, meaning both the client and the server authenticate each other during the establishment of a secure connection.

It makes sure only the known clients consume server APIs.

You can read the RFC here https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8705 …

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