h deploys waypoint proxies, which ztunnels connect through for policy enforcement</figcaption></figure><p>Ambient mesh uses HTTP CONNECT over mTLS to implement its secure tunnels and insert waypoint proxies in the path, a pattern we call HBONE (HTTP-Based Overlay Network Environment). HBONE provides for a cleaner encapsulation of traffic than TLS on its own while enabling interoperability with common load-balancer infrastructure. FIPS builds are used by default to meet compliance needs. More details on HBON