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What we two advantages of using SSL offloading? (Choose two)
The correct answer is B. provides single point of management for private keys C. reduces server load significantly. SSL offloading centralizes certificate and key management on the offload device and removes computationally expensive TLS processing from backend servers.
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What we two advantages of using SSL offloading? (Choose two)
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- AOffloads the client to SSL processing
- Bprovides single point of management for private keys
- Creduces server load significantly
- Dencrypts all communications and to end
- Eallows secure remote access to internal server resources
How the community answered
(42 responses)- B93% (39)
- D2% (1)
- E5% (2)
Why each option
SSL offloading centralizes certificate and key management on the offload device and removes computationally expensive TLS processing from backend servers.
SSL offloading shifts cryptographic processing from backend servers to the offload device - the client still performs its side of the TLS handshake, so no client-side load is reduced.
When SSL is terminated at a central load balancer or ADC, all SSL certificates and private keys exist only on that single device rather than being distributed across every backend server. This simplifies certificate lifecycle management - renewals, revocations, and audits are handled in one place - and reduces the attack surface for private key exposure.
TLS handshakes and bulk encryption or decryption are CPU-intensive operations; offloading this work to a dedicated hardware accelerator or the load balancer frees backend server CPU cycles for application logic. The result is significantly higher server throughput and lower latency under load.
SSL offloading terminates the SSL session at the load balancer, which means traffic between the load balancer and backend servers is typically sent unencrypted, making it the opposite of end-to-end encryption.
Secure remote access to internal resources is a function of VPN gateways or zero-trust network access solutions, not of SSL offloading on a load balancer.
Concept tested: SSL offloading benefits - key management and server load reduction
Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-16-0-0/big-ip-ltm-implementations/ssl-offloading-to-servers.html
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