It becomes harder if you try to do it with 10 Gbps. Most CPUs struggle with it without dedicated accelerator chips.
Absolutely not. My 8700k is able to saturate a 25Gbps link without breaking a sweat. It could still push more than 4Gbps of encrypted traffic (Wireguard tunnel).
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Absolutely not. My 8700k is able to saturate a 25Gbps link without breaking a sweat. It could still push more than 4Gbps of encrypted traffic (Wireguard tunnel).