When SSL Acceleration is enabled on the LoadMaster there are two options that can be leveraged. The decision to choose which option is primarily determined by the corporate security policies within an organization.

SSL Offloading

This option will allow the LoadMaster to accept connections from the clients encrypted over HTTPS and then send the traffic to the SAP backend application un-encrypted over HTTP. In some environments this is not permitted due to the possible security risks.

SSL Re e ncrypt

This option allows the LoadMaster to accept connections from the clients encrypted over HTTPS and then re-encrypt the traffic over HTTPS before sending to the SAP backend application. This configuration typically provides the security requirements for most organizations.