On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Lists Wizard wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it good to both compress and encrypt data going out of an interface?
>
> Thanks
>
> Law
Yes, in theory. Compression, if performed *before* encrypting, removes
redundancy, thus making cryptanalysis much harder. It used to be,
though, that cisco routers, when asked to do both, would insist on
encrypting first, thus essentially turning compression into a
time-consuming no-op. I haven't looked whether that was still the case.
Hmm... *browse* *browse* *ping* *traceroute* Sorry, can't get to CCO.
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