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Google's inter-dc links are way too big for any appliance type of thing to encrypt. Like most things at Google the scale of their network is incomprehensible to
by thrownaway2424 13y ago
Google's inter-dc links are way too big for any appliance type of thing to encrypt. Like most things at Google the scale of their network is incomprehensible to most people.
- dingaling 13y ago> Google's inter-dc links are way too big for any appliance type of thing to encrypt Frankly, no. There are numerous network devices that can handle AES-256 on 10 Gbps links, as a matter of routine, whilst doing 'mundane' switching for the day job. If you have the money there are dedicated hardware that can handle the same at 100 Gbps. IP Cores is one from memory that produces the circuitry for that. They can throw compression in there as well if you like. Encrypting data links isn't magic. Google just didn't do it.
- thrownaway2424 13y agoThose were very amusing tiny numbers you wrote in your post.
- slobster78 13y ago100Gbps is nothing for a company at the scale of Google. They are probably closer to 10-100Tb/s on there backbones. You don't need appliances here as they can't handle the load, build the encryption into your application.
- lsh123 13y agoIn addition to the numbers already posted, you can remember that Google decided to add encryption to the data links in September.
- packetslave 13y agoThis is not true. Quoting from http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-encrypts-data-amid-backlash-against-nsa-spying/2013/09/06/9acc3c20-1722-11e3-a2ec-b47e45e6f8ef_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-enc... "Google’s encryption initiative, initially approved last year, was accelerated in June as the tech giant struggled to guard its reputation as a reliable steward of user information amid controversy about the NSA’s PRISM program,"