# ELB Listeners Part 2

* **SSL termination or SSL offloading decrypts and verifies data on the ELB** instead of the application server - it "terminates"/"offloads" the SSL connection.<br>
* **SSL bridging decrypts SSL traffic on the ELB and then re-encrypts it before sending it** to the EC2 Instance - it "bridges" the SSL connection.

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