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On 2016-05-17, jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> wrote:

> I don't have time to read the whole thread but if I got it right,
> the main CPU consuming part is the crypto.

Yep.

> Why not drop the https part an support only http ?

Product spec explicitly states HTTPS only.  I'm told that is not open
for discussion.  The customer is a large, somewhat bureaucratic German
corporation, and they generally mean it when they say something is
non-negotiable.

> Is is a device that needs to be accessed in untrusted networks?
> Sorry for asking the obvious :o)

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