SSL Performance

[Marvin S. Addison]

>From the folks I've talked to, many front Tomcat with Apache for
superior SSL performance.  This is the common Apache + Tomcat/mod_jk
solution that Stephen described.

We have an alternative that we are very happy with, that leverages the
SSL performance of Apache with the simplicity of a Tomcat-only solution.
As of (I believe) Tomcat 5.5.x, there is a "native" HTTP connector that
is a JNI wrapper around the Apache Portable Runtime (APR), that
underlies Apache.  The beauty of this approach is that you get near
native code performance for Tomcat connection handling, including SSL
encryption.  You simply install the APR native connector and configure
Tomcat to use it via server.xml.  If you're interested in this approach,
you can read more at http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/apr.html.

Regards,
Marvin Addison
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Applications Programming Analyst
Collaborative Technologies Unit
Virginia Tech