On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 02:34:45PM +0100, Bhima Pandava wrote: > I know this had been asked before but I did not see an answer nor did > I see an update on the relate OpenBSD web pages. > > What is the status of hardware encryption accelerators? > > I too have read the web pages and frankly they sound outdated or at > best old. I have the impression that some years ago there was a big > push to include support for these devices and encryption in general > and once completed not much else has been done. > > Is this the case?
I'm not using any crypto hardware but I'm mildly interested, so I've read the messages over time. For desktop/server use, hardware acceleration for crypto seems increasingly irrelevant as processors become faster. Yawn. For "appliances" such as soekris, WRAP, et al, crypto in hardware can still be quite important. There seems to be some discussions on the soekris community lists. I see the occasional post here about someone trying to make sure their accelerator is being used in OpenBSD (if it's detected then it'll get used). If you have questions about a specific platform or application you'll probably get more responses from people. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |
