Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 00:48:49 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Christopher Smith <csmith@its.uq.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPSec performance Message-ID: <20020902074849.GA43188@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <B9991781.2C12D%csmith@its.uq.edu.au> References: <B9991781.2C12D%csmith@its.uq.edu.au>
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--LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 01:26:25PM +1000, Christopher Smith wrote: > I've been doing some experiments with IPSec between some FreeBSD hosts and > have been quite disappointed by performance. I've followed the howto at > Daemon News and experimented with a few different algorithms but I can't > seem to get more than about 5MB/sec over the wire. Both machines are Dell > 1650s connected via a crossover cable on their GB ethernet ports. > Non-encrypted speed is around the 30MB/sec mark. Encryption is by definition very CPU-intensive. Kris --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9cxfgWry0BWjoQKURAglBAKDiUy6+MMwCell3dLvN0y9GQ6P4wACfdKtH Qs4moB4jsYYxSfEqS3kjQTw= =Fqfq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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