Brotli via cloudflared

It is impossible to use brotli from origin since cloudflared make HTTP 1.1 requests to local services via unsecure connections. It changes Accept-Encoding to gzip only.

Cyb3r-Jak3•7/7/24, 5:06 AM

Cloudflared can make HTTP/2 connections over HTTPS if the tunnel is configured that way. Though haven't tried that to see if Brotli works

CCyb3r-Jak3 Cloudflared can make HTTP/2 connections over HTTPS if the tunnel is configured t...

starina_coolOP•7/7/24, 6:36 AM

Yes. It is true. But using encryption for localhost requests is an overkill as I see. it.

Sstarina_cool Yes. It is true. But using encryption for localhost requests is an overkill as I...

Cyb3r-Jak3•7/7/24, 6:41 AM

True but brotli is only supported over HTTPS

Cyb3r-Jak3•7/7/24, 6:41 AM

See https://groups.google.com/g/brotli/c/fN6M9A8aRnM/m/WDzmSYhDAQAJ

CCyb3r-Jak3 See https://groups.google.com/g/brotli/c/fN6M9A8aRnM/m/WDzmSYhDAQAJ

starina_coolOP•7/7/24, 9:22 AM

Yes, I know. Maybe it i a good idea to implement brotli inside cloudflared.

Sstarina_cool Yes, I know. Maybe it i a good idea to implement brotli inside cloudflared.

Cyb3r-Jak3•7/7/24, 2:49 PM

What do you mean inside cloudflared? Why would cloudflared go against the spec of brotli?

CCyb3r-Jak3 What do you mean inside cloudflared? Why would cloudflared go against the spec o...

starina_coolOP•7/7/24, 4:49 PM

I mean after receiving data from local service compress it with brotli befor sending back to CF DC and the to the client.

Sstarina_cool I mean after receiving data from local service compress it with brotli befor sen...

Cyb3r-Jak3•7/7/24, 4:51 PM

Ah gotcha. You could open a feature request for this https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/issues/new?assignees=&labels=Priority%3A+Normal%2C+Type%3A+Feature+Request&projects=&template=---feature-request.md&title=%F0%9F%92%A1

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