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Why does my webserver have a higher load, now that it serves SSL encrypted traffic?

April 26, 2017encrypted load SSL Traffic webserver

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Why does my webserver have a higher load, now that it serves SSL encrypted traffic?

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SSL uses strong cryptographic encryption, which necessitates a lot of number crunching. When you request a webpage via HTTPS, everything (even the images) is encrypted before it is transferred. So increased HTTPS traffic leads to load increases.