From 93becebd02426e1a58467e54b887f68de2d93d2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jianfei Hu Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 17:58:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add auto mtls glossary. (#9430) * Add auto mtls glossary. * update with comments, 1st. * Update content/en/docs/reference/glossary/auto-mtls.md Co-authored-by: Sven Mawson * update 3rd. * remove blank space * lint link fix Co-authored-by: Sven Mawson --- content/en/docs/reference/glossary/auto-mtls.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/en/docs/reference/glossary/auto-mtls.md diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/auto-mtls.md b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/auto-mtls.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fb5c6230f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/auto-mtls.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +--- +title: Auto mTLS +test: n/a +--- + +Auto mTLS is a feature of Istio to automatically configure client side proxies to send +[mutual TLS traffic](/docs/tasks/security/authentication/authn-policy/#auto-mutual-tls) +on connections where both the client and server are able to handle Mutual TLS traffic. +Istio downgrades to plaintext when either the client or server is not able to handle such traffic.