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Re:Firefox’s Test Pilot Program Returns by lugubris on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @01:53PM (#20931079)
> it's a secure connection to an HTTP/HTTPS proxy being run by Cloudflare

How does an HTTPS proxy work? will it be like how cloudflare does https with websites (mitm)?

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Re:Firefox’s Test Pilot Program Returns by progval on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @02:22PM (#20931452)
They can just forward the encrypted bytes (I don't know if that's how they actually do it). Cloudflare does mitm decryption in order to inject its own code and captcha in the pages.
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Re:Firefox’s Test Pilot Program Returns by Dylan16807 on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:54PM (#20936432)
Worth noting is that it is not a transparent proxy. Firefox is aware of the mitm, and cooperates with it to achieve security.
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Re:Firefox’s Test Pilot Program Returns by gruez on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @02:35PM (#20931629)
see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_tunnel#HTTP_CONNECT_metho...
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