Anyone using SSL on an OPAC?

[Paul F. Schaffner]

How common is it to protect a web-based PAC with SSL? EpixTech's Horizon
iPac makes this an easy option to implement, but only (I am told) in
an all-or-nothing sort of way. I.e., so as to protect not only the
transmission of a patron's personal and circulation info, but also 
all catalog searches--or not at all. Does anyone do this? If so,
what is the performance (or other) penalty?

Paul
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Paul Schaffner | pfs at umich.edu | http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfs/
Tech Svcs Librarian, Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI 49201
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