RE: Accelerating https

I've found some code for SSL wrapping inetd daemons; I'm fairly tempted
to try to use this to accel a non-SSL website, SSL'ing it AFTER it gets
accel'ed.

The benefits of this are fairly limited, but in my situation, it helps a
lot. Has anyone else tried this?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@hem.passagen.se]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 8:09 AM
> To: Benedikt Fraunhofer
> Cc: Squid Users
> Subject: Re: Accelerating https
>
>
> Benedikt Fraunhofer wrote:
>
> > We are trying to accelerate a https server - which is in
> our intranet
> > - with a squid 2 box with a routeable ip to get access from outside.
>
> You can't. https can't be accelerated as it is encrypted
> end-to-end, and
> you can't insert Squid as a man-in-the-middle to accelerate it.
>
> What you can do is to relay https traffic using a plaing TCP plug. See
> previous squid-users postings on the subject.
>
> ---
> Henrik Nordstrom
> Spare time Squid Hacker
>
Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 15:28:24 MST