> No, the record payload can be smaller than 16 KB and the record won't
> be padded (except as far as necessary for the cipher).  But each
> record has a record header, and if you use smaller records, then a
> larger percentage of network traffic will be record headers.

Ahhhh, my naivete shows. But I am learning.

Thanks a lot. This thread has been extremely informative.
I undertand the BIO mechanisms (fairly) well. I have to now code 
it right.

Regards,
Amit.
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