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SSL mode connection speed

Posted: Fri 20 Nov 2009 07:52
by DrMed
When using mpSSL protocol to connect to a mysql server, is it possible that the connection speed become slower than using default protocol.

Posted: Fri 20 Nov 2009 13:01
by Dimon
Speed decreases because time is spent on encrypting/decrypting data, and also traffic is increased at the expense of a verification message for checking data integrity.