Re: Let's talk about HTTPS Everywhere

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:33:28 +0100
Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote:

> 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.

Thanks. What's the CPU usage like while doing AES on 20Mb?

Celejar
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