# What security layer logstash uses

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-security-layer-logstash-uses/214021>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-security-layer-logstash-uses/214021 "2020-01-07T10:00:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gauti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Gauti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gauti)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-security-layer-logstash-uses/214021/1 "2020-01-07T10:00:53Z")

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HI All,

We are using logstash to transfer data from our source to elasticsearch, just wondering when data is transferred is there any kind of encryption happens to send the data securely?

Thanks  
Gauti

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-security-layer-logstash-uses/214021/2 "2020-01-07T16:06:01Z")

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If you use https URLs for elasticsearch then the data is encrypted in transit.

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**Author:** ![Gauti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Gauti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gauti)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-security-layer-logstash-uses/214021/3 "2020-01-09T09:51:53Z")

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So basically logstash will not do any level of encryption, am i right? In case i'm using http..

Thanks  
Gauti

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-security-layer-logstash-uses/214021/4 "2020-01-09T15:19:34Z")

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Correct. logstash does not encrypt, it relies on your chosen transport layer to do that.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-security-layer-logstash-uses/214021/5 "2020-02-06T15:19:43Z")

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