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mutual TLS

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In software engineering, mutual TLS means: A TLS connection in which both client and server authenticate themselves using certificates.

In Turkish: karşılıklı TLS doğrulaması

How it is used

Used between services and in controlled client access. It establishes certificate identities, not every application permission.

Example sentences

  1. The service requires mutual TLS before accepting connections from the internal gateway.

    The gateway must present a client certificate as well as verify the server.

  2. Although mutual TLS succeeded, the application still denied access to the admin endpoint.

    Authenticated certificate identity does not automatically grant administrative authorization.

Common collocations

  • enable mutual TLS
  • mutual TLS authentication
  • TLS handshakeThe opening TLS exchange that negotiates security settings and session keys, usually authenticating the server and sometimes the client.
  • authorizationThe process of checking what an identified user or app is allowed to do, for example whether they can read a file or delete an account.

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