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Title	When Good Security Leads to Poor Performance
Type	Feature
Source	Computerworld 03/26/2001
Summary	The Secure Sockets Layer protocol may protect the communications stream between Web client and server, but it also takes its toll on Web server performance. It falls to Mathias Thurman to weigh the options and choose one that will accelerate performance. continue

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