Reuse open connections to resources for requesters

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, a request from a requester via a first connection, the request including an identification of a resource that the requester is to access and an indication that a connection to the resource is to be one of a secure connection or a non-secure connection, wherein the processor is to receive additional requests from a plurality of requesters;
• determining, by the processor, whether a second connection to the resource that meets the indicated connection is open, wherein the second connection differs from the first connection;
• and
• based on a determination that the second connection that meets the indicated connection to the resource is open,
• sending, by the processor, the received request to the resource through the open second connection;
• receiving, by the processor, a response to the request from the resource;
• and
• sending, by the processor, the received response to the requester via the first connection.

A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored machine readable instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive a request from a requester via a first connection, the request including an identification of a resource that the requester seeks to access and including an indication that a type of the connection to the resource is to be one of a secure connection or a non-secure connection, wherein the requester is one of a plurality of requesters from which the processor is to receive requests;
• determine whether a second connection between the processor and the resource that meets the indicated type of connection is open;
• and
• based on a determination that the second connection to the resource that meets the indicated type of connection is open,
• send the received request to the resource through the open second connection;
• receive a response to the request from the resource;
• and
• send the received response to the requester via the first connection.