alt Hacker NewsIt's vastly different to do TLS termination within your own network and to do it on a rando VPS and then send normal TCP over the internet. It's not an argument of it being on the same server.
It's vastly different to do TLS termination within your own network and to do it on a rando VPS and then send normal TCP over the internet. It's not an argument of it being on the same server.
The VPS is your security in this case. It's not sending plaintext over the internet, is it?
Edit: No, the article mentions listening on port 80 at home. I thought they'd be SSH tunneling or something. That is unusual, but I guess for a static website it doesn't really matter.