How does Cloudflare's SSL/TLS mode affect Caddy's certificate management?

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How does Cloudflare's SSL/TLS mode affect Caddy's certificate management?
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Cloudflare offers different SSL/TLS modes. 'Flexible' is generally not recommended as it can create security vulnerabilities. 'Full' or 'Full (strict)' are preferred. In 'Full (strict)' mode, Cloudflare validates the certificate presented by your Caddy server, ensuring end-to-end encryption. Caddy will still manage the certificate, but Cloudflare will verify its validity.