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Date:      Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:38:46 +1000
From:      Nick Slager <ns@BlueSkyFrog.COM>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   KAME IPsec on low-end hardware
Message-ID:  <20011107163846.H25762@BlueSkyFrog.COM>

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Just set up my first IPsec link between two 4.4-REL boxes. They are
connected thusly:

  IPsec           Linux         IPsec
  Box 1 -----  router box ----- Box 2
192.168.1.1                  192.168.2.1

This is all set up on a 100mb ethernet LAN.

When pinging the box with the IPsec link active, I'm getting
suboptimal response times:

box1 ~ % ping box2
PING box2.internal (192.168.2.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=35.338 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=34.032 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=33.999 ms

With IPsec not active, response times are "normal" (~ 0.5ms)

I'm guessing these high response times are due to the low end hardware
in use. Box 1 is a 486DX4/100; Box 2 is a P90 (no laughing please!).
Would this assumption be correct?

Regards,


Nick

-- 
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Look, buddy:  Windows 3.1 IS A General Protection Fault.

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