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Abstract

Conventional SSL termination devices support secure connections only to a predetermined destination address. An SSL termination device accepts a plaintext connection and associate it to a secure connection to an arbitrary destination endpoint by intercepting a connection request from the local subnetwork, identifying the intended destination of the connection, and establishing a secure connection to the destination, bridges the local connection and the secure connection to provide a connection through the gateway device. The SSL termination device identifies an outgoing secure connection request from a client, and intercepts the connection request to identify the recipient destination. The SSL termination device establishes a secure connection using the identified destination, and associates the connections by mapping the intercepted connection to the recipient. The identified recipient allows the secure connection to the destination, and the mapping allows message traffic received from the client over the local connection to be mapped to the destination.

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