RE: [Algorithms] Message signature in token ring

[Chris B. \(BUNGIE\) <cbu...@mi...>]

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> From: gda...@li...
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> lis...@li...] On Behalf Of Shawn Hargreaves
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:21 AM
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> Subject: RE: [Algorithms] Message signature in token ring
>=20
> > Negotiate a 56-bit DES key, and either encrypt your payload (0 space
> > overhead, higher CPU overhead), or encrypt a hash at the end (small
> > space overhead, small CPU overhead).
>=20
> Even a slow CPU is so many orders of magnitude faster than network
> bandwidth, encrypting all packet contents is an insignificant cost.
> I really wouldn't worry about that.
>=20
  I vehemently disagree. I would say that it is a concern for client /
server games where players are running servers on their own (possibly
slow) machines, anything where you have a large number of users on a
server in a datacenter, PS2 games, or anything where you're worried
about DoS.

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Chris Butcher
Rendering & Simulation Lead
Halo 2 | Bungie Studios
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