With SSL Acceleration enabled on a LoadMaster, there are two options which can be leveraged. Which option to choose is primarily determined by the corporate security policies within an organization.

SSL Offloading

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