This is my opinion only:
I believe that a software implementation on a general-purpose processor
will always have superior price/performance to a special-purpose
processor; and furthermore that the performance (as opposed to
price/performance) of a software implementation on a general-purpose
processor will exceed that of a special-purpose processor before the
special-purpose processor is fully depreciated.
Advances in general-purpose processors have just been progressing too
quickly, and the premiums on special-purpose processors are just too high.
Again, this is my opinion only.
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Tom Leach wrote:
Anyone out there using HW crypto accelerators for SSL/TLS imap sessions? I'm
migrating from a Solaris environment that is using a Sun crypto card to a
Linux environment where crypto drivers may be more difficult to come by and
I'm wondering if the speed up in processing power from the newer system
hardware will offset the need for accelerators? We're a medium sized
installation with 300-500 simultaneous sessions.
Just curious what others are doing with crypto and imap.
-- Mark --
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Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
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