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Secure Cookies Using HAProxy Enterprise
My colleague Baptiste previously published an article on how to protect cookies while offloading SSL. I recently encountered a customer who wanted to achieve a very similar goal but using a more recent HAProxy Enterprise version. This post will explain the best...

Fundamentals: Application Acceleration and the Benefits for your Service Delivery
Application acceleration is all about improving the responsiveness of a digital service. When clients access web applications, they are expecting near-immediate feedback from servers. Maintaining that level of performance requires ensuring the right resources are...

Restrict API Access with Client Certificates (mTLS)
An application programming interface (API) provides access to the features of a business application, but with the visual elements stripped away. By using APIs, devices like tablets, self-service kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, and robotic sensors can connect up to...

Announcing HAProxy Data Plane API 2.2
The HAProxy Data Plane API 2.2 lays the foundation for first-class service discovery and introduces native support for Consul. It also adds storage and file handling for SSL certificates, Map files, and SPOE configuration files. Watch our on-demand webinar "What’s New...

Route SSH Connections with HAProxy
Route SSH connections through HAProxy using the SSH ProxyCommand feature and SNI. Watch our on-demand webinar in French "How to Route SSH Connections with HAProxy". Did you know that you can proxy SSH connections through HAProxy and route based on hostname? The...
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[On-demand Webinar] Achieving FIPS 140-2 Encryption Compliance with HAProxy Enterprise on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Encryption is an important facet of cybersecurity. It involves scrambling messages so that they can not be read by unauthorized parties in order to protect private information, which is particularly important when sending data across an untrusted network or the...

Redirect HTTP to HTTPS with HAProxy
Use the HAProxy load balancer to redirect users from HTTP to HTTPS automatically. For decades, our lives have become increasingly dependent on sending and receiving data from across the Internet. Now, with more people working, studying, and hanging with friends...

Become FIPS Compliant with HAProxy Enterprise on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Guarantee strong encryption by enabling 'FIPS mode' with RHEL and HAProxy Enterprise. You can watch our on-demand webinar "Achieving FIPS 140-2 Encryption Compliance with HAProxy Enterprise on Red Hat Enterprise Linux" here. SSL and its successor TLS are protocols...

Dynamic SSL Certificate Storage in HAProxy
Use the HAProxy Runtime API to update SSL certificates in HAProxy without a reload. When you route traffic through an HAProxy load balancer, you gain the ability to terminate SSL at the load balancer. HAProxy encrypts communication between the client and itself and...

HAProxy SSL Termination
The HAProxy load balancer provides high-performance SSL termination, allowing you to encrypt and decrypt traffic. You can quickly and easily enable SSL/TLS encryption for your applications by using HAProxy SSL termination. HAProxy is compiled with OpenSSL, which...