System and method for pre-fetching secure content in a proxy architecture via transparent secure connections

Requests for secure content are rewritten before delivering the secure content to a client [201]. In one implementation, the rewritten requests include the information content from the original request with the addition of a predetermined domain. The domain may correspond to a trusted agent [205, 207] that acts as a proxy for all secure requests from the client [201]. Because of the rewritten request, the trusted agent is contacted by the client for the secure content. The trusted agent [205, 207] may then transparently (from the point of view of the client) retrieve and forward the secure content to the client.