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Re:Nginx sucks at SSL, here's what to do instead by mleonhard on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @03:34AM (#2753879)
I suspect that they are re-using connections in that benchmark. SSL connection setup is CPU intensive. Once a session is set up, an SSL connection uses only slightly more CPU time than an unencrypted connection.
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