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> SSL is an easy to use solution for secure extranet communications,
> but it has its limits. Does anyone know of any white papers or
> statistics on the ability of SSL webservers to handle multiple
> connections, and what the stress limits are? What are your own
> experiences? Are there any better alternatives?
If we''re talking www serving with SSL who cares. 8way Xeon systems
are cheap. Just keep throwing hardware and load balancing at it until
it stops dieing. As for alternatives, if you mean strictly www client
to www server, nope, SSL is your best bet (actually it''s about your
only bet).
Might want to read last weeks column:
http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19990908.html
It has somelinks to various SSL documentation
- -Kurt Seifried, MCSE
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