lurkist wrote:
I have noticed that secure sites (eg PayPal) download at much slower rates than ordinary sites. Not just the download, but the system actually appears to slow as well.
They aren't downloading more slowly - it's just taking CPU power for the decryption. That's why your system seems slow. Decryption is done by the AmiSSL libraries, so there isn't much you can do, except get a faster Amiga, I'm afraid, apart from what sundown suggested.