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Redis Essentials
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Redis Essentials

by Maxwell Dayvson da Silva
September 2015
Beginner to intermediate
230 pages
4h 47m
English
Packt Publishing
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Encrypting client-to-server communication

By default, Redis does not support any encryption. Assuming that encryption is desired in the client-server connection, extra tools are necessary. Encrypting the Redis communication using SSL can prevent malicious attackers from eavesdropping on the network, and ensure that only trusted clients that have the SSL key can connect to Redis.

The tool we will use to encrypt Redis communication is called stunnel. It is an SSL encryption wrapper between a local client and a local or remote server. Many services that do not implement SSL encryption can take advantage of stunnel.

Redis can be combined with stunnel to encrypt all client-server communication.

The basic idea is that a connection will exist between a ...

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