bn_mul_add_words is very CPU intensive, simply because the operation it performs is very CPU-intensive. Public-key cryptography should not be done lightly -- it should be done primarily to verify the security of a per-session key (stream or block ciphering).
What exactly are you trying to do? -Kyle H On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 9:34 PM, samrat saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > bn_mul_add_words is very cpu intensive. My gprof profile shows that > bn_mul_add_words taking 50% of the cpu time.. > can we optimize it. i am using it in some windows crypto operation, because > of this cpu intensive behavior my application suffers a lot. > > > thanks, > Samrat > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
