Learning as I go here, and grateful for any advice and clarification: I have an Fly app running a newsletter service, connected to a Fly postgres app. I’d like secure traffic to and from postgres. Fly app to/from postgres app: The newsletter service ( listmonk ) includes an SSL mode for securing tr…

You are correct. Our private network makes SSL between your app and the DB unecessary. fly proxy and fly postgres connect both create the equivalent of a VPN connection to your private network. This is also Wireguard, so traffic between your local machine and database is also encrypted.

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paulrudy October 13, 2022, 7:47pm 3

Thank you. One follow-up on the same topic of postgres security:

I saw this comment from last December.

Is this still the case?

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