accelerators will help.. but only if your servers are running at peak... check CPU utilization...
SSL traffic is mainly troublesome only at the point of initiation.. probably 80-90% of all mass calculation and delay is attributable to this period. Beyond this handoff, SSL is only a very slight bit of overhead beyond normal traffic... some easy strategies to handle this issue would be to move SSL traffic to special servers just for SSL traffic... Alternatively, you can buy an in-line appliance...Nokia makes/made some pricey IP series ones... Sonicwall makes a line as does Symantec/Norton/Netland ... The inlines are fine.. work just like a load balancer or switch essentially.. in the case of the Nokia they can be had/made to do other things liek load balancing.... Don't forget F5's product line.. worth reviewing.. solid staple .. a modified PC with nice software.... All can be had affordably these days on Ebay... so find a product and see if aftermarket has one for you... -paris -----Original Message----- From: Jason Egan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:27 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SSL accelerators you could consider using less than 128 bit encryption. Jason CFDynamics.com -----Original Message----- From: Ian Lurie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 7:17 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SSL accelerators We're using Website Pro, actually. -----Original Message----- From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SSL accelerators Never used an accelerator, but assuming you are using IIS. IIS6 will speed up SSL connections quite a bit. Now if they would stop delaying it... jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Lurie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 7:32 PM Subject: OT: SSL accelerators > Hi all, > > We've got a number of dial-up customers complaining of slow response times, > but only on SSL pages. > > We only process about 500 transactions per day, but I'm wondering if an SSL > accelerator would alleviate the problem. > > Anyone out there have any experience with SSL accelerator cards and the > like? Is it over kill? > > Ian > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
