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<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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[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.
Use Cloudflare public key infrastructure (PKI) to create client certificates. Use these certificates with Cloudflare [API Shield](/api-shield/) or [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/) to enforce mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) encryption.
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Use Cloudflare public key infrastructure (PKI) to create client certificates and enable mutual TLS authentication.
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Use these certificates with Cloudflare [API Shield](/api-shield/) or [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/) to enforce mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) encryption.
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mTLSis a common security practice that uses TLS certificates to ensure that traffic between a client and server is secure and trusted in both directions.
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[Mutual TLS (mTLS)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/) authentication is a common security practice that 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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