Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:56:37 +1000 (EST) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: Poor IPSec performance with 2.6 kernels |
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On 27 Aug 2003, Tom Sightler wrote:
> My Internet connection is a DSL circuit that typically delivers about > 150KB/s. When I connect with SuperFreeS/WAN my VPN throughput is quite > good, averaging about 125KB/s (this seems about reasonable with > overhead) but when making the identical connection with racoon and the > 2.6 kernel I can only achieve 50KB/s. I've been unable to come up with > any reason why this would be the case. > > Any hints would be appreciated.
I think SFS uses assembly crypto algorithms where possible, which would account for roughly 2x performance increase.
- James -- James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
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