Downside of high encryption???

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Hi there folks. I'm wondering in whosever opinion what the downside
would be of using the highest encryption possible in any given
scenario. For example, Remote Desktop Connections. Why not have the
setting for high? I'm assuming the downside is more traffic with
higher overhead. Thoughts?
 
From: "ridergroov" <[email protected]>

| Hi there folks. I'm wondering in whosever opinion what the downside
| would be of using the highest encryption possible in any given
| scenario. For example, Remote Desktop Connections. Why not have the
| setting for high? I'm assuming the downside is more traffic with
| higher overhead. Thoughts?

Yes, more traffic, and a little slower. Security for speed trade-off.
 
ridergroov said:
Hi there folks. I'm wondering in whosever opinion what the downside
would be of using the highest encryption possible in any given
scenario. For example, Remote Desktop Connections. Why not have the
setting for high? I'm assuming the downside is more traffic with
higher overhead. Thoughts?
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Not more traffic. More CPU cycles to encrypt. That equates to delay (not
in transmission but in even starting the transmission). How much encryption
you use depends entirely on how sensitive is the information, most of which
really isn't that sensitive.
 
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