How to make SSL fast

HTTPS, the encrypted version of HTTP, is crucial for protecting data sent over the internet but can slow down webpage load times due to SSL's overhead. The main source of SSL performance tax comes from the initial setup of a new connection and the need to negotiate an SSL session between the client and server. CRL and OCSP servers are often not optimized for performance, adding extra time to SSL connections. To address these issues, CloudFlare is working on techniques to reduce the number of connections needed, improving CRL and OCSP response times, and integrating custom-tuned OpenSSL for better encryption performance. Additionally, they have made SSL easy to implement by including it automatically in their paid plans and allowing customers to upload their own certificates.