Kafka

Zilla supports encryption and authentication mechanisms for connecting to Kafka instances.

Authentication Mechanisms

Zilla provides two authentication methods for Kafka:

1. TLS/SSL with Client Certificates: Authenticate using client certificates.
2. SASL: Supports PLAIN or SCRAM mechanisms for authentication.

Data Encryption in Transport

Zilla offers the following options for encrypting data in transit when connecting to Kafka:

1. PLAINTEXT: No encryption.
2. TLS/SSL: Standard encryption using TLS/SSL.
3. mTLS: Mutual TLS, commonly used in Amazon MSK for two-way authentication.