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Why CONNECT tunneling is safer than a decrypting proxy
The difference between forwarding encrypted bytes and terminating the customer’s TLS session.
· 8 min · ProxyAPI
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The tunnel and its content
After an approved CONNECT request, the gateway relays TCP data. For HTTPS, request headers, body, and response body remain inside the TLS session between client and target server.
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Metadata still exists
A proxy must know where to connect. ProxyAPI therefore processes destination host and port plus timestamps and byte volume for routing, security, and billing. That is not the same as seeing encrypted content.