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Security

End-to-End Security

Every BoreHook tunnel is protected with industry-standard TLS encryption, ensuring traffic between the public internet and your local application remains private, secure, and protected from interception.

Why Security Matters

Local development frequently involves handling payment webhooks, authentication callbacks, customer information, and API requests. Without encryption, this traffic could be vulnerable while traveling across the internet.

BoreHook creates secure encrypted tunnels so you can test real-world integrations with confidence while maintaining the same HTTPS experience used in production.

How Secure Connections Work

Internet Client
        │
        │ HTTPS (TLS)
        ▼
BoreHook Secure Gateway
        │
        │ Encrypted Tunnel
        ▼
BoreHook CLI
        │
        ▼
Your Local Application

Security Features

TLS Encryption

All public endpoints use HTTPS to encrypt traffic between clients and BoreHook.

🛡 Secure Tunnel

Communication between BoreHook's gateway and your local machine is protected during transit.

Authentication

Tunnel connections are authenticated to ensure only authorized clients establish secure sessions.

Traffic Protection

Encryption helps prevent eavesdropping and tampering while data is transmitted.

Protected Data

  • Webhook payloads
  • Authentication tokens
  • Request & response headers
  • API requests and responses
  • Customer and payment data in transit

Benefits

  • Develop using secure HTTPS endpoints.
  • Test production-like integrations locally.
  • Protect sensitive webhook traffic.
  • Safeguard customer and payment information.
  • Build with confidence before deployment.

Typical Workflow

  1. Start your local application.
  2. Launch a BoreHook tunnel.
  3. Receive a secure HTTPS URL.
  4. Connect external services to the public endpoint.
  5. Traffic remains encrypted while in transit.

Built for Modern Development

Whether you're integrating payment providers, receiving webhooks, testing OAuth callbacks, or exposing REST APIs, BoreHook provides secure encrypted tunnels so you can focus on building great software instead of worrying about network security.