Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:22:45 +0100 From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPSec increases performance ??? Message-ID: <20010510132245.B90028@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010510051449.B2516@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 05:14:49AM -0700 References: <20010510104459.8966.qmail@web3103.mail.yahoo.com> <20010510051449.B2516@xor.obsecurity.org>
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* Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> [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
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