[erlang-questions] SSL performance

[Fred Hebert]

On 02/11, SeanD wrote:
> Transferring a 200MB binary between 2 nodes on the same machine using
> gen_tcp is taking between 100 and 200 microseconds, whilst transferring the
> same binary using ssl usually takes around 3 seconds!  I'm currently using
> R16B01, but can happily move to a later version if this is required.
> 

Can I ask how you're measuring the time it takes? It sounds like there's
plenty of ways to take measurements that will end up giving misleading
results.

Regards,
Fred.