You are tasked with implementing a 1000-phone remote access solution, where phones will traverse a WAN edge router. Assuming all of the following features are supported in a hardware-assisted manner, which of the following will have the most detrimental impact on the delay of the packet?
A) encryption
B) stateful firewall
C) MPLS encapsulation
D) GRE encapsulation

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Encryption typically adds the most delay to packet processing because it involves complex algorithms to secure the data, which can be computationally intensive even with hardware assistance.

You Are Tasked with Implementing a 1000-Phone Remote Access Solution