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54 | 54 | * **Q: Which Kubernetes versions are supported?<br>**
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55 | 55 | A: See our policy on [Supported Version](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/concepts/versioning/#supported-versions)
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| 57 | +* **Q: Is SSL Passthrough supported?<br>** |
58 | 58 | A: SSL Passthrough (wherein a Gateway routes traffic with the [Transport
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59 | 59 | Layer Security (TLS)][tls] encryption _intact_ to a backend service instead of
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60 | 60 | terminating it) is supported by [TLSRoutes][tlsroute]. See the
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61 | 61 | [TLS Guide][tlsguide] for more details about passthrough and other TLS
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62 | 62 | configurations.
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63 | 63 |
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| 64 | +* **Q: What's the difference between Gateway API and an API Gateway?<br>** |
| 65 | + A: An API Gateway is a general concept that describes anything that exposes |
| 66 | + capabilities of a backend service, while providing extra capabilities for |
| 67 | + traffic routing and manipulation, such as load balancing, request and response |
| 68 | + transformation, and sometimes more advanced features like authentication and |
| 69 | + authorization, rate limiting, and circuit breaking. |
| 70 | + Gateway API is an interface, or set of resources, that model service networking |
| 71 | + in Kubernetes. One of the main resources is a `Gateway`, which declares the |
| 72 | + Gateway type (or class) to instantiate and its configuration. As a Gateway |
| 73 | + Provider, you can implement the Gateway API to model Kubernetes service |
| 74 | + networking in an expressive, extensible, and role-oriented way. |
| 75 | + Most Gateway API implementations are API Gateways to some extent, but not all |
| 76 | + API Gateways are Gateway API implementations. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +* **Q: Is Gateway API a standard for API Management?<br>** |
| 79 | + A: No. API Management is a much broader concept than what Gateway API aims to |
| 80 | + be, or what an API Gateway is intended to provide. An API Gateway can be an |
| 81 | + essential part of an API Management solution. Gateway API can be seen as a |
| 82 | + way to standardize on that aspect of API Management. |
| 83 | + |
64 | 84 | [1]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api
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65 | 85 | [2]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases
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66 | 86 | [tls]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
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