TLS vs mTLS
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cybersecurity
Transport Layer Security ensures secure communication by encrypting data and verifying the server’s identity through its certificate, while the client remains unauthenticated. Mutual TLS adds an extra layer of security by enabling two-way authentication, where both the client and server verify each other’s certificates. This makes mTLS ideal for high-trust use cases like secure APIs and microservices, whereas TLS is sufficient for general web applications.