* started reducing the temporary buffers created within various crypto methods , as we've

got some pretty heavy GC churn when under load.  rough estimate is we allocate 5-8x as
much data as we need, copying it all over the place before forwarding it (or processing it).
this should cut down a few of those copies, but not enough yet.  it'd be great to get that
down to 2x.
* lots of logging