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stephenyu
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August 24, 2006
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FTP Traffic Slow

  • August 24, 2006
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I was setup SSL FTP server. When I have site to site VPN Tunnel? I got very slow speed for SSL FTP traffic. I can get high speed on regular SSL FTP traffic (Without VPN) I use Serv-u and fg-60 3.0MR2

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    Contributor III
    August 24, 2006
    Is it not related to cryptographic overhead?
    Fireshield
    New Member
    August 24, 2006
    Sounds to me like you are doing SSL VPN over an IPSec tunnel. If that is correct you might be running into an MTU issue. That would definitely cause a problem with traffic flow.
    Contributor III
    August 24, 2006
    I' d lean toward Fireshield' s suggestion
    stephenyu
    stephenyuAuthor
    New Member
    August 24, 2006
    I was setup FTP server with SSL layer. I transfer via Site to site IPSec Tunnel. I got very slow speed. I also tranfer file without VPN. I got very good speed.
    Fireshield
    New Member
    August 25, 2006
    Have you lowered the MTU on the firewalls involved?
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