SSL offloading is the process of removing the SSL-based encryption from incoming traffic to relieve a web server of the processing burden of decrypting and/or encrypting traffic sent via SSL. The processing is offloaded to a separate device designed specifically for SSL acceleration or SSL termination.

TLDR: SSL/TLS encrypts communications between a client and server, primarily web browsers and web sites/applications. 

Every client-server conversation begins with a standardized three-way handshake. The client sends a SYN packet, the server responds with a SYN-ACK, and the TCP connection is established. In a SYN flood attack, the client sends massive numbers of SYN requests, and never responds to the SYN-ACK messages from the server.

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is the foundational, XML-based application protocol used to implement Web services within a SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). SOAP is transported primarily via HTTP and middleware messaging systems (JMS, MQ Series, MSMQ, Tuxedo, TIBCO RV) but can also be transported via other protocols such as SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File […]

A SQL injection is a security exploit in which an attacker supplies Structured Query Language (SQL), in the form of a request for action via a Web form, directly to a Web application to gain access to back-end database and/or application data. This can cause unintended and malicious behavior by the targeted application. Typically this […]

SSL acceleration refers to off-loading processor-intensive SSL encryption and decryption from a server to a device configured to accelerate the SSL encryption/decryption routine.

SSL bridging is a process where a device, usually located at the edge of a network, decrypts SSL traffic and then re-encrypts it before sending it on to the Web server. SSL bridging can be useful when the edge device performs deep-packet inspection to verify that the contents of the SSL-encrypted transmission are safe, or if […]