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page_title: Service Mesh - How it Works
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Consul's service mesh enforces secure service communication using mutual TLS (mTLS) encryption and explicit authorization. Learn how the service mesh certificate authorities, intentions, and agents work together in the subsystem to provide Consul’s service mesh capabilities.
Consul's service mesh enforces secure service communication using mutual TLS (mTLS) encryption and explicit authorization. Learn how the service mesh certificate authorities, intentions, and agents work together to provide Consul’s service mesh capabilities.
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# How Service Mesh Works
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## Mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS)
The core of Consul Service Mesh is based on [mutual TLS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_authentication).
The core of Consul service mesh is based on [mutual TLS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_authentication).
Consul Service Mesh provides each service with an identity encoded as a TLS certificate.
This certificate is used to establish and accept connections to and from other