From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 10 5:22:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A21437B422 for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 05:22:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14xpSv-000AKE-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 10 May 2001 13:22:45 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4ACMjk90155 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 10 May 2001 13:22:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:22:45 +0100 From: Rasputin To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPSec increases performance ??? Message-ID: <20010510132245.B90028@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <20010510104459.8966.qmail@web3103.mail.yahoo.com> <20010510051449.B2516@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010510051449.B2516@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 05:14:49AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Kris Kennaway [010510 13:16]: > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. Sorry, jumped in halfway through here. Does IPSec compress data as it sends it, like ssh does (or can)? Could make a difference if the files were hewge. > I'd say you haven't benchmarked properly. > > Kris -- A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern. -- Edgar A. Shoaff Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message