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Re: What price security?

To: uri@watson.ibm.com
Subject: Re: What price security?
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:36:22 -0400
cc: ipsec@tis.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:12:36 EDT." <9706201712.AA32771@hawpub.watson.ibm.com>
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Uri Blumenthal writes:
> > You are accurately pointing out that in theory this stuff hurts
> > performance.
> 
> I don't think it's "just" the theory. If you don't run CAD and similar 
> things, then for you it's 100% theory and you don't have to worry.  If 
> however you do run those ugly CPU-hungry apps - then for you it's 100%
> practice and you feel the hurt.

I *do* run CPU hungry aps, Uri.

What I'm encouraging people to do is to experiment and check if it
actually turns out to be an issue for them before *assuming* it will
be. It appears that for a wide variety of systems, the theoretical
problem isn't showing up as a practical problem.

Perry

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Re: What price security?

From: Uri Blumenthal <uri@watson.ibm.com>

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