On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:52:47 -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 04:57, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:29:15 -0800, S Mathias wrote: >> >>> 3) Can someone trust this Add-on? Is it safe to install/use? >> >> I don't like/trust anoymous (even encrypted) proxy sites. > > Why don't you like them (I get not trusting them), and what does that > have to do with https everywhere?
As I already said, I thought Tor (a multi-proxy and encrypted network) was somehow being used with this addon. >>> What's youre opinion? Or answer? :\ >> >> My opinion is that I don't want to encrypt all the traffic, at least >> not with the slow DSL connections/hosts we have now (loading a single >> page will take seconds). I prefer to leave the SSL/TLS for sensitive >> data (logins, etc...). > > SSL/TLS isn't going to add enough overhead to the packets to make a real > difference unless you are something slower than DSL. > > As far as the encryption/decryption goes, unless you are on a smartphone > or netbook or a really old computer, it will not matter to you. If > enough people do it, it will matter to the servers, but that is what > capacity planning and NICs with encryption offloading engines are for. I tried many times to use Google services via https (the search engine and Gmail's webmail) but finally left it because I experience a bit of delay when running all the javascript and their dynamic stuff. This is just an example, I know, but encrypted sites has to be very well configured to avoid noticeable delays. >> Or better yet, provide a "hardware" solution for transparently encrypt >> all the data and its transport. Software is slow >:-) > > See "NICs with encryption offloading engines" above. That's interesing, I have read more on this. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.19.15.02...@gmail.com
