Question: SSL via POP3 a performance killer?

From: John Fox (readbsd_at_mind.net)
Date: 04/28/04

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    Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:10:07 -0700
To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org

    I'm planning my company's next mail server, and would like to get
    away from using plain-text authentication for POP3 service. It's
    been suggested to me that my best bet would actually be to run POP3
    over SSL, and thus simply encrypt the clear-text authentication,
    and that would be good enough for me.

    However, I've also been told that SSL can be very demanding of even
    a very powerful computer.

    This new machine will likely run an AMD XP 2600 (or if I'm lucky,
    maybe even a 3X99) processor and 1G of RAM, and the OS will (obviously)
    be FreeBSD, probably 4.10. It will service approx- imately 13,000
    POP3 accounts, and handle approximately 100,000 POP3 requests per
    day.

    Does this seem a workable setup, or does it appear that the
    system will indeed be overwhelmed by all the SSL?

    If there's further information that would be of help in answering
    this question, please let me know and I will do my best to
    provide it.

    Thank you,

    -John 

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