This morning we pushed out an update to Staction that added SSL security to the Super and Deluxe plans. If you are on either of these plans you can now turn SSL encryption on and off from the new Security tab on the accounts page. This is a free update for existing users – just something we thought our Super and Deluxe plans deserved – so you won’t see any change in your month to month billing.

SSL encryption does a very good job of protecting the data that you send through Staction; however, you will notice a slight decrease in the performance of Staction with SSL turned on, inherent to the encryption and decryption step added to every transfer. If the stuff you talk about on Staction is very private (and needs to stay that way) turn SSL security on. If it isn’t confidential we’d suggest leaving SSL turned off in order to keep Staction performing as fast as possible on your account.