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Date:      Tue, 6 Nov 2001 22:46:16 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Nick Slager <ns@BlueSkyFrog.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: KAME IPsec on low-end hardware
Message-ID:  <20011106224616.A37425@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011107163846.H25762@BlueSkyFrog.COM>; from ns@BlueSkyFrog.COM on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 04:38:46PM %2B1000
References:  <20011107163846.H25762@BlueSkyFrog.COM>

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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 04:38:46PM +1000, Nick Slager wrote:

> box1 ~ % ping box2
> PING box2.internal (192.168.2.1): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3D0 ttl=3D63 time=3D35.338 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3D1 ttl=3D63 time=3D34.032 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3D2 ttl=3D63 time=3D33.999 ms
>=20
> With IPsec not active, response times are "normal" (~ 0.5ms)
>=20
> 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?

Seems reasonable.  Your throughput will definitely be CPU-bound here.

Kris

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