https / SSL slows my web app

https / SSL slows my web app. Any low budget suggestions?

[broniusm]

I develop on a completely browser-based business application on IIS with a lot of DHTML and trips to the database.

I have found that .HTM is lightning fast, .ASP produces a small delay, and that https: for .ASP marks a sizable delay. Is the SSL slowdown normal? Does SSL slow down Every call (images, stylesheets, etc)? And what are some good low budget solutions to decreasing response time?

thanks

[mattur]

Pages delivered over SSL will be slower than unencrypted pages, simple because the web server (and client) have the additional overhead of encrypting/decrypting the content.

For decreasing response time, standard speed optimisation techniques apply: concise pages, few images, progressive download etc. On the server side, more RAM, faster processors or, prob. more expensive, a hardware based SSL accelerator card/module for the server will speed processing time.