- From: Dan Simon <dansimon@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 17:03:43 -0700
- To: "'ietf-tls@w3.org'" <ietf-tls@w3.org>
>From: Tatu Ylonen[SMTP:ylo@ssh.fi] > >I just wish to say that I also agree that special processing for >pre-encrypted data is a Bad Idea. A 90-MHz Pentium can encrypt fast >enought to completely fill an ethernet (the ethernet becomes the >limiting factor), and the processing speed is doubling every year. > >The overhead from encryption is negligible all but the most >high-volume servers connected to the Internet by something faster than >10Mbits/sec. (Unless you also do a lot of CPU-intensive processing >that competes for CPU.) My impression is that asymmetric decryptions of master keys require more than enough "CPU-intensive processing" to put CPU time at a premium in the typical high-volume secure server. Daniel Simon Cryptographer, Microsoft Corp. dansimon@microsoft.com >
Received on Wednesday, 24 April 1996 20:03:43 UTC