SSL offloading relieves a Web server of the processing burden of encrypting and/or decrypting traffic sent via SSL, the security protocol that is implemented in every Web browser. The processing is offloaded to a separate device designed specifically to perform SSL acceleration or SSL termination.
SSL termination capability is particularly useful when used in conjunction with clusters of SSL VPNs, because it greatly increases the number of connections a cluster can handle.
BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager with the SSL Acceleration Feature Module performs SSL offloading.
http://www.f5.com/glossary/ssl-offloading.html
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