Winston Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got roughly the same performance results when I use the openssl speed > test with and without a hifn 7956 cryto card > [...] > Then I ran: > Openssl speed des-cbc > [...] > My understanding is that openssl will detect the presence of an > accelerator card and use it (via \dev\crypto) instead of the crypto > library. > Did I miss something here?
I don't know if the openssl speed test picks up the crypto- dev hardware automatically. But ssh/scp definitely does. I have run several tests on my VIA C3 Nehemiah+RNG+ACE, which accelerates AES encryption. When the padlock(4) module is loaded (it contains the Nehemiah ACE support), ssh/scp performance is roughly doubled. It's quite noticeable when transfering large files. Best regards Oliver PS: I can provide some benchmark numbers if interested. -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
