Originally Posted by
cordelli
I think speed may have been an issue when a 256k connection was considered high speed and nobody had it, but now when connections are ten or twenty times faster, I think any difference is so small it can't be noticed.
OT I know, but you may be interested
It's actually a bigger problem than before, because the processing power required increases as the link speeds increase. The move to more complex keys also adds further processing requirements.
Most big web-based systems have moved to hardware that offloads the SSL acceleration - either customized in-house solutions or industry standard solutions like this:
http://www.f5.com/products/big-ip/ssl-acceleration.html