Re: Idea for making SSL more efficient

["Kurt Seifried" <bt () seifried org>]

Cost of deploying this:

Huge. You have to update every single web browser. Try convincing MS/etc.

Cost of not deploying this:

Nothing to minimal. Buy a crypto accelerator card for $100 or up depending
on how much extra power you need.
Use an intelligent firm that will produce shrunken graphics (file size wise)
for your server.

In any event the major cost of SSL is usually session setup, not the crypto
itself (which in any event can largely be offloaded to a 100$ card). So even
with this you'd have as many sessions being created, they would just
transfer a little less data.

Kurt Seifried, kurt () seifried org
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