Amazon CloudFront announces support for mutual TLS authentication
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This article announces Amazon CloudFront's support for mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication, enabling secure client validation at edge locations.
- mTLS requires both server and client to authenticate using X.509 certificates
- Validates client identities at CloudFront edge before backend connections
- Eliminates need for custom client access management solutions
- Supports B2B API security and IoT device authentication use cases
- Works with third-party or AWS Private Certificate Authority
- Available at no additional cost to all CloudFront customers
- Configurable via AWS Console, CLI, SDK, CDK, and CloudFormation
CloudFront's mTLS support simplifies secure client authentication at scale without additional infrastructure overhead.
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