Re: Why 64bit Delphi compiler from Borland may be meaningless!

From: QHenrick_Hellstr=F6m_=5BStreamSec=5D=22?= (henrick_at_REMOVEstreamsec.se)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:26:01 +0100

Wayne Niddery [TeamB] wrote:

> Now it depends on the time involved of course, if the speed improvement
> reduces a process from 3 *hours* to just 2 rather than 3 *minutes* to just
> 2, 64 bit becomes more attractive. But most interactive business processes
> are measured in seconds and minutes, not hours, and processes that involve
> hours are typically done in off-business hours and would continue to be even
> with faster processors.

For SSL/TLS servers with application-to-application security and
contemporary key sizes, a shift from 32-bit to 64-bit might, in typical
cases, mean that the bottleneck would shift from the hardware to the
network connection at 100mbit/s instead of 10mbit/s. Depending on the
server load requirements, this would leave room for security
improvements such as increased key sizes, more frequent DH system
parameter changes, more frequent full handshakes, etc. 

-- 
Henrick Hellström
www.streamsec.com

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