BGTech SSL Termination Visual Explainer
Where encryption happens matters
Load Balancer CPU
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Backend CPU
0%
Response Time
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HTTPS / TLS traffic
HTTP traffic
Client
Sends requests
Starts TLS
Load Balancer
Traffic decision point
Decrypting TLS
LB Workload
Backend 1
App server
Backend 2
App server
Backend 3
App server
TLS Handshake happens here
Decryption here
Backend handles TLS
Re-encryption here