[lugubris]

> it's a secure connection to an HTTP/HTTPS proxy being run by Cloudflare

How does an HTTPS proxy work? will it be like how cloudflare does https with websites (mitm)?

[progval]

They can just forward the encrypted bytes (I don't know if that's how they actually do it). Cloudflare does mitm decryption in order to inject its own code and captcha in the pages.

[Dylan16807]

Worth noting is that it is not a transparent proxy. Firefox is aware of the mitm, and cooperates with it to achieve security.

[gruez]

see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_tunnel#HTTP_CONNECT_metho...