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Ajay,

On 12/8/2010 5:24 PM, Aggarwal, Ajay wrote:
> Most of the application will be over SSL for external clients. There
> is one part where the clients may upload or download a huge file over
> HTTP which I don't want to go through SSL. I am thinking
> uploading/downloading these huge files over SSL will create lot of
> stress on the server.

FWIW, it's the SSL handshake that is most stressful part of the
conversation. Once that's completed, the encryption on both sides is
symmetric and fairly low-stress on the connection.

I encourage you to benchmark your app under these conditions. It sounds
like you are making performance decisions without any data to back them up.

- -chris
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