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Re: Let's talk about HTTPS Everywhere



Celejar:
> 
> I understand that you're technically adding traffic and processor
> overhead; the question is how much?

My 1.66GHz atom D510 can encrypt/decrypt AES with ~20MByte/s on a single
core. Typically, my wifi reaches only 10% of that throughput.
Additionally, encryption is usually done by the network adapter in
hardware, as far as I know. The host CPU shouldn't be stressed by that.

J.
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