Is TLS Fast Yet?
https://istlsfastyet.com/ Published on Jul 24, 2014 “TLS has exactly one performance problem: not enough sites are using it. Everything else can and will be optimized. A hands on look at how to achieve 1-RTT handshakes, eliminate validation latency, and more.” Slides: bit.ly/fastTLS by Ilya Grigorik ( @ google) . See the bottom of the page on Nginx configs on how to improve TLS performance