HTTPS

From: zebulon (o_at_rfer.fref)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:47:01 +0100

Hi,
I was wondering in which proportions https degrade the performances of a web
server compared to http.

I plan to deploy a frontal Tomcat 5 server (without Apache) using https (for
the first time). Is that a bad idea ?

What am I supposed to do to get a certificat ? Which provider would you
advise ?

If I decided not to use https, how easy is it to a man in the middle to
intercept a login/pass ?

Thanks for information.