# HTTPS Speed **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [February 8, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-speed/202892 "2011-02-08T15:47:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-speed/202892/1 "2011-02-08T15:47:45Z")
Hello I was using Pound for negotiating ssl but recently someone told me that nginx https module is quite better. I have setup nginx 0.8.54 on my ubuntu 10.10 64bit, and did a basic setup of ssl but dont experience a very good latency. Is there a document on tips and best practices, I should follow to make sure best latency. My end goal is to make sure the latency is minimum for both http and https Thanks Sparsh G. ---
**Author:** ![Sparsh\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Sparsh\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sparsh_G)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-speed/202892/2 "2011-02-08T15:48:23Z")
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 08:14:49PM +0530, Sparsh G. wrote: > Hello > > I was using Pound for negotiating ssl but recently someone told me > that nginx https module is quite better. I have setup nginx 0.8.54 on > my ubuntu 10.10 64bit, and did a basic setup of ssl but dont > experience a very good latency. > > Is there a document on tips and best practices, I should follow to > make sure best latency. My end goal is to make sure the latency is > minimum for both http and https Try this: > **[Configuring HTTPS servers](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.html#optimization)** > > To configure an HTTPS server, the ssl parameter must be enabled on listening sockets in the server block, and the locations of the server certificate and private key files should be specified: – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)**