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Subject: Apache/Tomcat/SSL vs. Tomcat/SSL
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 13:41:57 -0800
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From: "Jeremy Boyd" <jboyd@docmagic.com>
To: <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org>

Hi all-

I searched through the archives to see if this question has already been =
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asked and answered.  I did not find anything, but forgive me if I missed =
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the answer.

I am wondering what the general consensus is regarding SSL performance =
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in both Apache and Tomcat.  I am interested in deploying Tomcat and my =
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application requires SSL.  I am debating whether I should access Tomcat =
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through the AJP connector using Apache, thus allowing Apache to handle =
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all of the SSL traffic or whether it is better to deploy Tomcat in =3D
standalone mode and allow Tomcat to fulfill requests and handle the SSL =
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traffic.

My thought is that since Apache is written in C it may be more efficient =
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to have Apache handle the SSL.  However, I am not sure if the overhead =
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of the connector would negate any performance benefits gained from =3D
having Apache handle the SSL rather than Tomcat.  If performance is the =
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same or only marginally better with Apache then I am not sure if the =3D
added complexity of having Apache in the equation is warranted.  I have =
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not benchmarked to see if there is actually a performance difference.  =
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Does anyone have an opinion on this or any benchmarks they could share?

Thanks,
Jeremy
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