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What is the performance hit of using https?

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:39 pm
by voltrader
What is the performance hit in using https: for a database driven website versus http:?

Is it negligible?

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:52 pm
by Buddha443556
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/artg/research/com ... on_slides/

Two factors you can control are key size and data size. If you don't need 128 bit security use 40 bit. Make sure the pages you need secure are small, minimal graphics. Beyond these simple steps you start throwing hardware at the problem.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:26 am
by voltrader
Thanks -- appreciate the slides