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[SSL] Revise and consolidate client certs content (#23365)
* Add (mTLS) to page title
* Review glossary entry and apply mTLS definition throughout
* Link to BYOCA and learning path from client certs landing page
* Review content in byo-ca and adjust page intro
* Remove step-like sections and add new proposed h2s
* Fill in Scope section and delete redundant partial
* Add placeholder text and hyperlinks under #use-cases
* Make CA distiction less wordy and use parallelism for clarity
* Add horizontal break line and DirectoryListing to index.mdx
* Review links out to create-a-client-certificate
* Revise create-a-client-cert for wordiness and consistency with LP
* Text refinement and remove Workers from #next-steps
* Reorder pages
* Separate forward option from enable-mtls page
* Adjust heading and hyperlinks text
* Explicitly call out only one CA per hostname association
* Revert "Explicitly call out only one CA per hostname association"
This reverts commit 721562e.
* Add intro paragraph and change h2 to how-it-works
* Text review
* Review enable-mtls leveraging LP and new content in this PR
* Replace placeholder in #use-cases and add more info about workers
* General text review
* Explicitly mention and link to BYOCA from LP and #use-cases
* Fix broken anchors
* Fix info on requests including Cf-Client-Cert headers
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* Add section about multiple CAs for the same hostname
* Remove DirectoryListing from overview page
* Remove additional warning from enable-mtls and delete partial
* Apply changes following PM review
* Remove remaining mention of account-specific CA
* Improve consistency for hyperlinks to learning path
Co-authored-by: marciocloudflare <[email protected]>
* Fix capitalization
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Co-authored-by: marciocloudflare <[email protected]>
By default, API Shield mTLS uses client certificates issued by a Cloudflare-managed CA. If you need to use certificates issued by another CA, you can use the API to [bring your own CA for mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/).
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## Create an mTLS rule via the Cloudflare dashboard
<GlossaryTooltipterm="mTLS (mutual TLS)">Mutual TLS (mTLS)</GlossaryTooltip> authentication uses client certificates to ensure traffic between client and server is bidirectionally secure and trusted. mTLS also allows requests that do not authenticate via an identity provider — such as Internet-of-things (IoT) devices — to demonstrate they can reach a given resource.
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Mutual TLS [mTLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/) authentication uses client certificates to ensure traffic between client and server is bidirectionally secure and trusted. mTLS also allows requests that do not authenticate via an identity provider — such as Internet-of-things (IoT) devices — to demonstrate they can reach a given resource.
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import { GlossaryDefinition } from"~/components";
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<GlossaryDefinitionterm="mTLS (mutual TLS)" />
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[TLS (Transport Layer Security)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/) is a widely-used protocol to ensure secure communication over a network. It ensures confidentiality and integrity by encrypting data and validating the server using digital certificates.
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| Mainly used for | External Authentication (that is, APIs) | Internal Authentication (that is, employees) |
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| Availability | By default, 100 Client Certificates per Zone are included for free. For more certificates or [API Shield features](/api-shield/), contact your account team. | Zero Trust Enterprise only feature. |
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|[Certificate Authority (CA)](/ssl/concepts/#certificate-authority-ca)| Cloudflare-managed or customer-uploaded (BYO CA). There's a soft-limit of up to [five customer-uploaded CAs](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/#availability). | Customer-uploaded only (BYO CA). There's a soft-limit of up to [50 CAs](/cloudflare-one/account-limits/#access). |
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| Client Certificate Details | Forwarded to the origin server via [Cloudflare API](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#cloudflare-api), [Cloudflare Workers](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#cloudflare-workers), and [Managed Transforms](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#managed-transforms). | Forwarded to the origin server via [Cloudflare API](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#cloudflare-api), [Cloudflare Workers](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#cloudflare-workers), and [Managed Transforms](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#managed-transforms). Client Certificate headers and [Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) JWT header can be forwarded to the origin server. |
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| Client Certificate Details | Forwarded to the origin server via [Cloudflare API](/ssl/client-certificates/forward-a-client-certificate/#cloudflare-api), [Cloudflare Workers](/ssl/client-certificates/forward-a-client-certificate/#cloudflare-workers), and [Managed Transforms](/ssl/client-certificates/forward-a-client-certificate/#managed-transforms). | Forwarded to the origin server via [Cloudflare API](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#cloudflare-api), [Cloudflare Workers](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#cloudflare-workers), and [Managed Transforms](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#managed-transforms). Client Certificate headers and [Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) JWT header can be forwarded to the origin server. |
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| Client Certificates Revocation | Use the WAF [Custom Rules](/waf/custom-rules/) to check for [_cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked_](/ssl/client-certificates/revoke-client-certificate/), which only applies to Cloudflare-managed CA. <br /><br /> For BYO CAs, it would be the same approach as with Cloudflare Access. | Generate a [Certificate Revocation List (CRL)](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#create-a-crl) and enforce the revocation in a Cloudflare Worker. |
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API Shield is not required to use mTLS. <br />
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By default, mTLS uses Client Certificates issued by a Cloudflare Managed CA. Cloudflare generates a unique CA for each customer account, meaning that Client Certificates all validate against an account-level Cloudflare CA.
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By default, mTLS uses Client Certificates issued by a Cloudflare Managed CA and set at account-level. If you have an Enterprise account, you also have the option to [bring your own CA](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/).
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## Forward a client certificate
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There are multiple ways to [forward a client certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#forward-a-client-certificate) to your origin server.
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There are multiple ways to [forward a client certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/forward-a-client-certificate/) to your origin server.
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## Bring your own CA for mTLS
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## Rate Limiting by Client Certificates
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By enabling [forwarding a certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#cloudflare-api) via the Cloudflare API, the first request of an mTLS connection will include the following headers:
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By enabling [forwarding a certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/forward-a-client-certificate/#cloudflare-api) via the Cloudflare API, every request of an mTLS connection will include the following headers:
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-`Cf-Client-Cert-Der-Base64` (raw certificate in DER format, encoded as base64)
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-`Cf-Client-Cert-Sha256` (SHA256 fingerprint of the certificate)
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Setting up [mTLS](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/) with [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) can help in cases where the customer:
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- Already has existing Client Certificates on devices.
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- Needs to protect Access applications with Bring Your Own CA (BYOCA).
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- Needs to protect Access applications with [Bring Your Own CA (BYOCA)](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/).
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All Client Certificate details can be found in the [tlsClientAuth](/workers/runtime-apis/request#incomingrequestcfproperties) object in Cloudflare Workers.
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Example Cloudflare Workers code to return all headers and gain visibility, including [Client Certificate headers](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#cloudflare-workers):
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Example Cloudflare Workers code to return all headers and gain visibility, including [Client Certificate headers](/ssl/client-certificates/forward-a-client-certificate/#cloudflare-workers):
This page explains how you can manage mTLS using client certificates that have not been issued by Cloudflare CA.
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This page explains how you can manage client certificates that have not been issued by Cloudflare CA. For a broader overview, refer to the [mTLS at Cloudflare learning path](/learning-paths/mtls/concepts/).
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This is especially useful if you already have mTLS implemented and client certificates are already installed on devices.
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Bring your own CA (BYOCA) is especially useful if you already have mTLS implemented and [client certificates are already installed](/ssl/client-certificates/#how-it-works) on devices.
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## Availability
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### Multiple CAs for one hostname
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There can be multiple CAs (Cloudflare-managed or BYOCA) associated with the same hostname. For BYOCA certificates, the most recently deployed certificate will be prioritized.
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If you wish to remove the association from the Cloudflare-managed certificate and only use your BYOCA certificate(s):
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
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2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Client Certificates**.
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3. On the **Hosts** section of the **Client Certificates** card, select **Edit**.
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4. Select the cross next to the hostname you want to remove. The list of hostname associations will be updated.
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5. Select **Save** to confirm.
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1.[List the hostname associations](/api/resources/certificate_authorities/subresources/hostname_associations/methods/get/)**without** the `mtls_certificate_id` parameter.
2. Copy the `hostnames` array returned by the API and update it, removing the hostname that should no longer use the Cloudflare-managed CA.
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3. Use the [Replace Hostname Associations endpoint](/api/resources/certificate_authorities/subresources/hostname_associations/methods/update/)**without** the `mtls_certificate_id` parameter to perform the action against the Cloudflare-managed CA. For `hostnames` use the list from the previous step.
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This tutorial demonstrates how to configure your Internet-of-things (IoT) device and mobile application to use client certificates with [API Shield](/api-shield/).
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