Do you use SSL for XF ?

[TPerry]

And using @digitalpoint's link
http://whichloadsfaster.com/?l=servinglinux.com&r=servinglinux.com&times=100
80% faster. 168ms (http) vs 93ms (https).

and if you look, my test is looking at the site itself, not a .js file.

EDIT: and I've gone back in and set OLS back to force https.

 

[digitalpoint]

How a single js file can be a test for this?

Because you are testing the HTTPS connection, and taking out variables like PHP, MySQL, etc, which are going to vary as far as timing goes regardless of HTTP or HTTPS.

 

[digitalpoint]

And using @digitalpoint's link
http://whichloadsfaster.com/?l=servinglinux.com&r=servinglinux.com&times=100
80% faster. 168ms (http) vs 93ms (https).

and if you look, my test is looking at the site itself, not a .js file.

Actually, this is the test you want (yours was HTTP on both sides).

http://whichloadsfaster.com/?l=servinglinux.com&r=https://servinglinux.com&times=100

 

[TPerry]

I KNOW I put https in up there!

 

[digitalpoint]

Long story short is that it's a myth that HTTP makes a site slower or consumes any noticeable amount of server resources. It seems like the people saying that are just saying it because it's something they heard from someone else who also heard it from someone else. In fact, the reality is that HTTPS when configured properly will make the site faster.

There are certainly (arguable) reasons why a site wouldn't want to use HTTPS, but I'm just saying that it making the site slower is most certainly not one of them.

 

[TPerry]

I'm re-enabling it now so a comparison won't work, but here is the screenshot WITH https set up.
It's still faster!

 

[Moshe1010]

Average over 100 runs:

90% faster →

259 ms / 136 ms

Xenforo.com/community
Right side was http

 

[TPerry]

Average over 100 runs:

90% faster →

259 ms / 136 ms

Xenforo.com/community
Right side was http

But is SPDY enabled on xenforo.com.
It would be assumed that someone taking the time to set up SSL would also take the time to optimize for speed.
SPDY 3.0 is enabled on OLS on my sites - and it appears that xenforo.com is using Apache:
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://xenforo.com
compared to
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=https://servinglinux.com

 

[digitalpoint]

But is SPDY enabled on xenforo.com.
It would be assumed that someone taking the time to set up SSL would also take the time to optimize for speed.

xenforo.com does not run SPDY.

http://spdycheck.org/#xenforo.com

 

[TPerry]

xenforo.com does not run SPDY.

http://spdycheck.org/#xenforo.com

yep... was just going to post a screen capture to emphasize that point.

 

[MattW]

Just done my site

 

[Moshe1010]

Good to know that OpenLitespeed is supporting SPDY 3.1. LS 5.0 would support this as well, but this would happen probably Q4 this year or next year.

 

[DRaver]

What kind of SSL certificate do you use?
A free SSL certificate or Domain Validation , Organization Validation or Extended Validation and what was the price?

 

[TPerry]

I don't know about anybody else, but since I don't do any transactions on my site I just went with a DV certificate (2 PostitiveSSL and 2 RapidSSL - to get a feel for the differences between them).

 

[Brent W]

https://www.aspiescentral.com
https://www.v6mustang.com

working on moving a third site to SSL now.

Very speedy

and now https://www.orchidsforum.com/

 

[Brent W]

What kind of SSL certificate do you use?
A free SSL certificate or Domain Validation , Organization Validation or Extended Validation and what was the price?

I am using this on all my sites: https://www.gogetssl.com/domain-validation/comodo-essentialssl/

 

[Andy.N]

Just tested mine using nginx, spdy, latest php, xf, etc and the https is 91% faster over 100 test.
104ms vs 199ms

 

[MattW]

What kind of SSL certificate do you use?
A free SSL certificate or Domain Validation , Organization Validation or Extended Validation and what was the price?

I use Comodo Positive SSL. They have just changed their CA bundle, so my older certs are slightly different. I've put a new one on mattwservices


old style

I'll get a new one for Z22SE on payday (Friday)

I also get OSCP stapling working with the new style


vs

 

[Adam Howard]

It costs less than a domain to put SSL on your site.

Where are you getting your SSL? Add in CDN with the ssl and things become interesting.

It would technically be 'free' to self sign, but then you end up with a security warning (good for testing though of course).

 

[TPerry]

Where are you getting your SSL? Add in CDN with the ssl and things become interesting.

It would technically be 'free' to self sign, but then you end up with a security warning (good for testing though of course).

NameCheap, PositiveSSL $9 a year, RapidSSL $10.95 (for 1 year, price goes down for the more years you select).
There are probably places cheaper... but I do some domain registrations there so kinda keep it in the family.