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Ive installed SafeTP and now my data transfers seem considerably slower. Why?

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Ive installed SafeTP and now my data transfers seem considerably slower. Why?

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(top) A: You probably have data channel encryption turned on. This protects your data from prying eyes and modification attacks, but it slows down the transfer speed because of the encryption/decryption overhead. The difference is especially noticeable over a modem connection because the encrypted file blocks are less amenable to the hardware compression that takes place in your modem. Unless you’re paranoid about other people seeing/messing with your data, you can probably safely turn off data encryption from the SafeTP Manager. Another data file protection option added in SafeTP version 1.9 is tamper-proof, which provides integrity and authentication (i.e. prevents malicious or accidental alteration of your file contents) without the overhead of full encryption. This is accomplished by sending the data in the clear, along with a cryptographically secure (unforgeable) digital signature. Under Tamper-proof, your file contents may be observed by third parties, but they cannot be altered

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