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It is 2016. SSL is not slow anymore. Only case it could be deemed slow would be on a webpage where the browser has to download a ton of small files likes images
by owaislone 11y ago
It is 2016. SSL is not slow anymore. Only case it could be deemed slow would be on a webpage where the browser has to download a ton of small files likes images. Each image would require a new connection and each connection would require full SSL handshake. Even then the fix is not to not use SSL but to bundle all the images/files into 1.
- x0 11y agoMaybe not computationally, but if you're 100ms, 200ms, 300ms or more away from the rest of the internet, all the SSL handshakes really add up.
- nmjohn 11y agoKeep in mind the topic at hand is downloading a single large file, the TLS handshake is a rounding error of the total time, regardless of where you are in the world.