Re: Intel IPSEC accelerator gives 3DES protected 100Mbit Ethernet

[Eric Young]

John Gilmore wrote:
> raw data rate, since 10-20% is used by packet headers/trailers/interpacket
> spacing/etc.  And I've never seen software 3DES run at 32 Mbits/sec;
> what processor were they using?

On a pentium II 350, I get triple DES in cbc-ede mode doing 23.2
Mbits/sec
(Mbits == 1e6).  The DES cbc mode numbers are 65 Mbits/sec.

So doing the simple maths, I get a 482 mhz, or I'd say a pentium 2/3
500.

eric