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Re: [Ipsec] OT: cryptographic parameters - performance data

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>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Arthurs <bob_arthurs@hotmail.com> writes:
    Bob> On a second point, could anyone tell me what specific
    Bob> advantages of using the same cryptographic parameters
    Bob> (encryption/hash algorithms) for both IKE and IPSec SAs? 

  Simplicity in documentation of configuration parameters.
  
    Bob> instinctively it seems better, but is it fair to say that it
    Bob> will improve performance between peers if the the same
    Bob> algorithms are used, and if so why in particular?

  It would be a very unusual implementation where this was true.

  I can't think of a way even construct a system where this would be
true.

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