[c-nsp] Pix performance

Dan Shalinsky dshalinsky at gmail.com
Mon Jan 30 11:56:38 EST 2006


Hi,

I believe that ESP adds around 20 bytes to the standard TCP header.  That
being said, it won't significantly affect throughput by increasing
overhead.  The throughput limitation is more due to the encryption process
being CPU intensive.

I can't find any pps specs on a 501, but I would think it should be able to
push more than 1200pps and 0.5 mbps.  For sure, it's not an overhead
problem.  HTH.

Regards,
~Dan


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