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Flexible - SSL/TLS encryption modes

Setting your encryption mode to Flexible makes your site partially secure. Cloudflare allows HTTPS connections between your visitor and Cloudflare, but all connections between Cloudflare and your origin are made through HTTP. As a result, an SSL certificate is not required on your origin.

With an encryption mode of Flexible, your application encrypts traffic between the visitor and Cloudflare, but not between Cloudflare and your server.

​​ Use when

Choose this option when you cannot set up an SSL certificate on your origin or your origin does not support SSL/TLS.

​​ Required setup

Depending on your origin configuration, you may have to adjust settings to avoid Mixed Content errors or redirect loops.

​​ Limitations

Flexible mode is only supported for HTTPS connections on port 443 (default port). Other ports using HTTPS will fall back to Full mode.

If your application contains sensitive information (personalized data, user login), use Full or Full (Strict) modes instead.