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Re:Why isn't HTTPS everywhere yet? by lindx on Monday January 18, 2016 @07:41PM (#10928121)
With AES-NI, a single modern CPU core can encrypt 10 gigabits/second and do about 50,000 public key operations per second. Cryptography is not that expensive.
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Re:Why isn't HTTPS everywhere yet? by otterley on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @10:55AM (#10931493)
AES isn't the only algorithm used in TLS handshakes.
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Re:Why isn't HTTPS everywhere yet? by lindx on Saturday January 23, 2016 @12:27PM (#10959077)
That is why I also said 50,000 public key operations per second.
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