the depicted example included equal numbers of handshake engines and transaction servers in practice the number of handshake engines will exceed the number of transaction servers by one or two orders of magnitude this is because the handshaking procedure is so resource consuming a handshake engine will generally be able to service significantly fewer connections than a transaction server as long as a sufficiently high ratio of handshake engines to transaction servers is maintained the server system of the present invention is easily scalable to meet usage demands in addition it is also possible to have multiple inline crypto engines operating in parallel so as to accommodate larger loads likewise it is also possible to have multiple inline crypto engines operating in series using multiple inline crypto engines in series allows transmissions within the server system to be encrypted as well for enhanced security for example a first inline crypto engine could decrypt information from the client then re encrypt the client information using a more secure but less easily negotiated cryptographic scheme such as a one time pad for long distance transport via satellite for instance a second inline crypto engine could then finally decrypt the data for use one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that a similar process may be employed for transmitting data from the server to the client or through an even greater number of inline crypto engines a possible performance optimization that may be employed.