# Load balance and re-encrypt ssl

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-balance-and-re-encrypt-ssl/211830>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [September 14, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-balance-and-re-encrypt-ssl/211830 "2011-09-14T15:58:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-balance-and-re-encrypt-ssl/211830/1 "2011-09-14T15:58:34Z")

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Hi all,

I have been looking through the docs and have found that nginx will load  
balance ssl if the cert is setup correctly. Is there an option to have  
it re-encrypt before sending to the web servers? What have others done  
to encrypt the traffic to their webservers (if not through nginx)? I  
will be load balancing in front of IIS.

Decrypting and sending to the webservers in plain text is not an option  
in my mind.

Thanks in advance.

-Andy

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Andrew\_Hester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Andrew_Hester)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-balance-and-re-encrypt-ssl/211830/2 "2011-09-14T16:13:26Z")

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Hello!

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 08:55:07AM -0500, Andrew Hester wrote:

> I have been looking through the docs and have found that nginx  
> will load balance ssl if the cert is setup correctly. Is there  
> an option to have it re-encrypt before sending to the web  
> servers? What have others done to encrypt the traffic to their  
> webservers (if not through nginx)? I will be load balancing in  
> front of IIS.
> 
> Decrypting and sending to the webservers in plain text is not an  
> option in my mind.

proxy\_pass https://…

Maxim D.

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Andrew\_Hester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Andrew_Hester)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-balance-and-re-encrypt-ssl/211830/3 "2011-09-14T16:26:24Z")

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I guess I assumed that this would just pass this through at the tcp  
level. Thanks for the help!

-Andy