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Old 10-04-2010, 09:10   #24
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Re: usenet and astraweb advice

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Originally Posted by louisg View Post
Does SSL make much difference is there any benefits?
All SSL does is http://webopedia.com/TERM/S/SSL.html so it does have a benefit, it stops or attempts to stop your ISP seeing what is in the payload you are downloading and therefore they [ISP] dont know what you are downloading. This could be worth a read http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ion/td-p/13832

SSL does affect download speeds due to encryption\decryption but its really negligible.
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