>> Breaks any web-caching by a proxy This is actually a pretty great upside often. Using SSL means that you can be reasonably sure that nothing is messing with

>> Breaks any web-caching by a proxy This is actually a pretty great upside often. Using SSL means that you can be reasonably sure that nothing is messing with your data in transit - caching, modifying, etc. Free wifi that modifies html pages and adds adverts? Just use ssl instead. Some firewalls that block based on keywords in pages etc - use SSL instead.