Apache logs contains “\x16\x03\x01” when accessing site via HTTPS

Today setting up SSL for a Apache HTTP webserver I run into issue, when browser shows that site is not accessible. At first I thought that SSL (443) port is not open, but looking in the Apache log file I saw this: 192.168.98.169 – – [24/May/2010:12:01:45 +0300] “\x16\x03\x01” 200 12332 “-” “-” The place where …

How big HTML images / CSS / JS / png / etc. should be to fit network packet (MTU) efficiently

List of little things that will make your website much faster. Not every webmaster knows, that 1 extra byte in jpg image, can cause 100% speed reduction / penalty for your website visitor. When you learn that MTU for Ethernet is 1500 bytes with actual data / payload size of 1460 bytes, you can calculate …