Why is Secure Socket Layer (SSL) inspection necessary for the intrusion prevention system (IPS) to detect threats in encrypted traffic?

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SSL inspection allows the IPS to detect and analyze encrypted threats.

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The IPS engine can inspect only legacy encryption algorithms, by default.

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Without SSL inspection, encrypted traffic is automatically blocked by the IPS.

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SSL inspection improves network performance by bypassing encrypted traffic.

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