Yes, you can have ssl on the BE server. Al -----Original Message----- From: Dee Arnold [mailto:Deea@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:31 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: RE: [exchangelist] RE: Slow OWA 2003 access http://www.MSExchange.org/ This is a multi-part message in MIME format.