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Category: Best Practices
Posted by: bagheljas
  • SSL Cert Key: One should always renew SSL Cert with newly generated key. Don't order or renew SSL Cert for more than 2 year validity. Presently, recommended SSL Cert Key length is 2048. Never email or transfer SSL Cert Key over wire as clear text.
  • SSL Session Cache: SSL implementation is a CPU intensive step. SSL implementation with Session Cache helps you optimize the need and usage of CPU.
  • SSL Offload: L4 switches supporting SSL are highly optimized than Web App Servers for performance and operations management. Implement SSL Offload to L4 Switches.


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