Header Cert Authentication

Enterprise only
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Kong Inc.
Supported Gateway Topologies
hybrid db-less traditional
Supported Konnect Deployments
hybrid cloud-gateways
Compatible Protocols
grpc grpcs http https
Minimum Version
Kong Gateway - 3.8

3.14.0.0

Release date 2026/04/07

Feature

  • the ssl_verify option to switch verification of the certificate presented by the server of the OCSP responder’s URL and by the server of the CRL Distribution Point is now enabled by default.

3.13.0.0

Release date 2025/12/18

Feature

  • added support for the tls_certificate_verify global option. When this option is enabled, the plugin’s ssl_verify flag cannot be disabled.

  • added the flag ssl_verify to control certificate verification when connecting to the server of the OCSP responder’s URL and to the server of the CRL Distribution Point.

3.11.0.0

Release date 2025/07/03

Bugfix

  • Fixed an issue where Header Cert Authentication plugin failed to validate revocation using OCSP when the downstream connection wasn’t an SSL connection.

3.10.0.4

Release date 2025/08/07

Bugfix

  • Fixed an issue where Header Cert Authentication plugin failed to validate revocation using OCSP when the downstream connection wasn’t an SSL connection.

3.8.0.0

Release date 2024/09/11

Feature

  • Added a new plugin for header-based certificate authentication.

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