[improve][pip] PIP-337: SSL Factory Plugin to customize SSL Context and SSL Engine generation

[Apurva007]

PIP-337: Create a new SSL Factory Plugin to customize SSL Context and SSL Engine Generation

Motivation

Apache Pulsar's TLS encryption configuration is not pluggable. It only supports file-based certificates. This makes
Pulsar difficult to adopt for organizations that require loading TLS certificates by other mechanisms.

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[lhotari]

Thanks for the proposal. This is very useful. I added some comments about the detailed design.

[merlimat]

PIP was approved