The data exchange between nodes uses the Erlang distribution protocol, not HTTP. It’s an unencrypted TCP channel by default but as Bob mentioned it is possible to configure the distribution to use TLS. We could do more to document the minimal steps required to enable this in CouchDB.
Adam > On Apr 26, 2016, at 7:00 PM, david <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not an expert but seems that by default it uses, http which is not encrypted, > hpwever you could configure it to use https and then it would be encrypted. > > Again I am not an expert on this particular topic; > > I am sure the docs will give guidance. > > > > > > On 4/26/16 5:57 PM, Gabriel Mancini wrote: >> i have this question too >> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Oleg Cohen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I would like to understand if the data exchanged between cluster nodes is >>> securely encrypted. Is there any documentation that explains how the data >>> is passed around? >>> >>> Thank you! >>> Oleg >> >> >> >
