Thanks worm3y but I am definitely not looking for ssl acceleration. The devices I am looking at are sort of a reverse proxy server appliance, with ssl which authenticates to an external source(ldap or active directory), but provide a bit more than a straight reverse proxy with ssl.

some examples

http://www.safeweb.com
http://www.neoteris.com
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/produc...alteon/sslvpn/

these devices provide access to internal apps, through a web browser with ssl, instead of through client software ipsec vpn.

thanks again.