26 Sep
2007
26 Sep
'07
6:32 p.m.
On Wednesday 26 September 2007 18:07, bear@bears.org wrote:
I was wondering -- is stunnel asymmetric between client and server use? If I use stunnel to create a tunnel, with one stunnel doing the client side and another doing the server side, is it reasonable that the client side would more heavily load the CPU than the server side given the same hardware? Thanks!
There is an asymmetry of CPU utilization during the initial key negotiation. Fortunately due to SSL session caching it has no practical impact, as subsequent connections can reuse negotiated keys.
Best regards, Mike