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Re:Why HTTPS for Everything? by umanwizard on Monday January 02, 2017 @07:03PM (#13305551)
> subsequent connections

What if most of your users are first-time visitors coming from google results?

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Re:Why HTTPS for Everything? by snuxoll on Monday January 02, 2017 @09:39PM (#13306243)
You take an extra hit the first time a TLS session key is established, after that all subsequent HTTP requests can do a fast resume. This has nothing to do with users over a period of time.
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