3. One-sided SSL and HTTPS

This section shows how you can solve various tasks and problems using one-sided HTTPS connections — sometimes you want to use encryption only on the client (or the server) side, for example, to decrease the load on the servers (SSL-offloading).

Note that you might have to address certain issues and side-effects when using one-sided SSL. These are discussed in Section 3.2, Solving problems in one-sided HTTPS connections.