On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Vivek Khera wrote:
> >>>>> "TM" == Tom Mornini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> TM> 2) Better scalability. I've head (but never benchmarked) that SSL in
> TM> general is 100 times more processor intensive than non-ssl connections.
> TM> I want my mod_perl server running mod_perl, not mod_ssl! In a
> TM> high-volume site you're going to have lots of front-end machines
> TM> underworked anyway, so why not let them do some SSL calculations?
>
> If you have a high volume site that uses SSL, you should really be
> offloading the SSL processing to dedicated cryptography hardware.
A fairly new option, I believe, and an excellent point.
That said, I think that most sites are going to pull that trigger when it
becomes necessary. Putting it up-front in mod_ssl is the best option until
that level of traffic demands the new hardware...
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