Is the AES-NI support enabled by default for x84/x86_64 architecture or do we need to set specific flags to 'Configure' to enable the support?
I found a link from Intel: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/boosting-openssl-aes-encryption-with-intel-ipp/ What does it offer that is different from what is already done by OpenSSL? Alex On Sep 25, 2012, at 3:49 AM, Klaus Darilion wrote: > > > On 24.09.2012 23:56, Alex Chen wrote: >> Sorry I did not use new mail command to start a new topic. Let me start >> over again. >> >> I remember seeing somewhere that OpenSSL supports Intel AES instruction >> set. If so, which release is that and what flag is needed to enable it. >> Does the 'no-asm' flag in 'Configure' disable the use of these instructions? > > There were patches for certains releases which addes AES support as an > "engine". When AES support was added to openssl it was not implemented as > engine, but natively. > > See http://www.openssl.org/news/changelog.html and search for AES-NI > > regards > klaus > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
