Hello all,
as I am planning to buy new hardware for pfSense, I was wondering if it
is worthy to buy a CPU that supports "AES new instructions", i.e.
hardware-support for AES encyption.
Would pfSense use this CPU instructions so to hardware-encrypt/decrypt
all VPN traffic (openVPN)?
Woud pfSense benefit from this in any other way, too?
The motherboards that I want to buy unfortunately support AES-NI only
with Xeons that currently start from approx 170 €. If I would take a CPU
without AES-IN, I could go with a dual-Pentium for 40€. What impact
would you expect from AES-IN, in regards to the fact tht I will be
having traffic from VPN secured WLAN with approx 300-450 Mpbs and VPN
to/from the internet, 1-2 users at a time max. Do you think the AES-IN
would be worthy the price premium of the Xeon for my case, e.g. because
it would reduce VPN latency, etc., or is it just a pure waste of money
in my case?
Best regards
Thinker Rix
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