Sounds like a good idea, but I think they probably would work best on RISC motherboard that has a switched cross bar non-blocking bus architecture for max throughput. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael J McCafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Main Discussion List for KPLUG" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: SSL Accelerator cards Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 06:16:15 -0700
> > > I am talking about SSL accelerator cards for web servers.... to > offload the CPU intensive part of serving encrypted web pages. > > Something like this: > http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/security/axl600l/ > > At 02:17 AM 10/15/2005, you wrote: > > > Michael J McCafferty said: > > > All, > > > > > > Anyone stick one of these in their Linux web server ? How'd it work > > > out for ya ? > > > Which card did you use ? What's available for non-name brand servers > > > (not HP or Dell) ? > > > > If your speaking of the encryption accelerator cards, I've run them in > > firewalls, but not with Linux, FreeBSD. I would like to have run a > > linux firewall, but after exensive research, I found that the kernel > > patch/module was very old, had few instructions for using it, and > > didn't seem to be supported anymore. > > > > If you're talking about something else, excuse my intrusion into the > > thread. > > > > -- > > Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net > > http://www.paccomp.com > > Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D > > Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the > > system of a regular government. > > - Jeremy Bentham, jurist and philosopher (1748-1832) > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > > > -- [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
