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If you plan to expose your Home Assistant to the internet or want an extra layer of protection in your local network, consider to use SSL/TLS. This way you can protect your communication. Especially sensitive data like usernames and passwords are encrypted between the endpoints.

Setting up usually requires creating the certificate and configure the http component.