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| Mike D., hopefully you can answer this one for me:
I received 1 of my 3 Netopia 3386-ENT routers yesterday (2 are
backordered - they seem to be constrained right now), and I'm digesting
the documentation and familiarizing myself with the telnet interface. I
have a question about the IPSec w/IKE configuration. In Netopia's
documentation, they "strongly" recommend have the "VPN accelerator card
option" if I choose 3DES instead of DES for the encryption. I assume
this was in reference to the older R-series routers which had that
option. My question is, what can I expect to lose as far as
performance if I go with 3DES, given that the 3386 doesn't have the
built-in accelerator like the 4000 series? Is the gain in security
enough to justify the drop in performance? (I know my mileage will
vary, I'm more interested in the experience of others - keep in mind it
will be primarily RDP traffic passing over the VPN links)
As always, any insight is appreciated.
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