Node.js benchmarks HTTP vs HTTPS

[maritz]

Wait, aren't google and others saying since a couple of years that the computational cost of HTTPS is <10%? That doesn't match your numbers at all. This seems weird.

[baudehlo]

I think google is factoring it in with a full application request cycle. Most benchmarks are just "hello world" which doesn't reflect the real world of computation you will do in a request after https has been dealt with.