[Openvpn-devel] deflate vs lzo

Hi OpenVPN developers, I am new to OpenVPN and have some questions regarding the compression algorithm and overall performance. Why was LZO here instead of other algorithms like deflate? Any particular performance consideration? I am lazy so didn't do any research regarding the difference and performance comparison between LZO and Deflate. Just hope to get a quick answer. If the question doesn't make sense, please forgive :-) Another question is how much throughput OpenVPN can support, say, on a Gbits networks? I tested it in a 100Mbps LAN environment. Without LZO compression, I got around 50Mbps. With LZO enabled, the number is about 70Mbps, which is close to the rate I got without VPN. I am wondering, when LZO is not enabled, which part limits the throughput. The encryption/decryption? Or the TUN virtual device? I guess it's the encryption procedure so I hope to know the rate OpenVPN can get in a Gbits network. If anybody has some confirmed figure in mind, please kindly inform me. Thanks so much! Best regards, L. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ