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101 on HTTPS Web Site Performance Impact
published 132 days, 16 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by grabnerandigrabnerandi 134 days, 3 hours, 50 minutes ago
Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:30:22 AM GMT Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:31:53 PM GMT
101 on HTTPS Web Site Performance Impact

I recently analyzed a secure web page that took 20 seconds till the onLoad event triggered. Once on the site – interacting with the site was slow as well - especially when dealing with dynamic content like the auto completion for the search field or dynamic popup menus.

The site had no fancy images, no animations or heavy JavaScript during startup. It turned out that 70% of the time was spent in SSL handshaking. With a simple change on the web server the 14 seconds could be trimmed down to 2. Before explaining this exact problem lets start with some background and then lets see what can go wrong with HTTPS web site.

Read the full analysis at http://blog.dynatrace.com

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