Use of SSL Creates Performance Overhead for Browsers

ID: Q150031

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51
Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 2.0

SUMMARY

The use of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) will slow performance between HTTP servers and browsers.

MORE INFORMATION

If two HTTP web servers are developed with identical HTML, and SSL is applied to only one of the servers, the client browsers will experience a noticeable performance degradation when you browse the SSL web server.

NOTE: Use encryption sparingly. The use of large bitmaps behind an SSL site should be used with discretion.

Additional query words: prodiis iis implementation

Keywords : kbnetwork kbusage iisconfig iishowto
Version : winnt:1.0,3.51; :2.0
Platform : winnt
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