In fact, I've often used nginx in front of haproxy as an easy ssl offloader (this was before stud was as stable and complete as it is now). HAProxy also has a

In fact, I've often used nginx in front of haproxy as an easy ssl offloader (this was before stud was as stable and complete as it is now). HAProxy also has a raw tcp mode, which is great when you have to balance non-http services.