Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 05:14:49 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Gavin Kenny <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPSec increases performance ??? Message-ID: <20010510051449.B2516@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010510104459.8966.qmail@web3103.mail.yahoo.com>; from gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:44:59AM %2B0100 References: <20010510104459.8966.qmail@web3103.mail.yahoo.com>
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--p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:44:59AM +0100, Gavin Kenny wrote: > With normal ftp it varies wildly from 1.58sec to > 5.36sec, on average it takes about 2.6 sec. >=20 > Now if I set up an IPSec tunnel between the two > machines and use ftp to transfer the same file the > time if far more stable at about 2.4 sec. >=20 > There are no other users on the system. Why is IPSec > faster? Surely the extra processing required for the > encryption should slow it down. I've read on the net > that usually things take twice as long. I'd say you haven't benchmarked properly. Kris --p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6+oY5Wry0BWjoQKURAghUAKDw/DjZtLe0ARRODq7RkcBK8AJq8gCg6tSH /0gQmqyMRW8+qJNUHI5gAgQ= =uCtX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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