Unfortunately it's not under warranty anymore.  I'll continue to monitor it.

It was a cheap system, a bit cheaper than a Soekris or the like,
that's why I went with it.

Thanks

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Bao Ha <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Charles,
>
> Padlock does not have an issue that we know of! We have sold hundreds
> of VIA C7 systems with Padlock running pfSense. If it was a problem,
> we would have asked Chris B. to fix it.
>
> You can always compile your own kernel without including the Padlock
> module. Unless you are using Padlock, like running IPSec VPN, I doubt
> that it would interfere.
>
> I still suspect it is a hardware problem. Is it still under warranty?
> Can you RMA it back? A hardware vendor would be in a better position
> to monitor and to detect something like this.
>
> Bao
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Charles Goldsmith
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> # dmesg | grep Padlock
>>  VIA Padlock Features=0x3fcc<RNG,AES,AES-CTR,SHA1,SHA256,RSA>
>>
>> It is not fanless, that is the only moving part I have in the box, and
>> I have the bios enabled to monitor the fan.  It was running at about
>> 5500 rpm last night when I checked it.
>>
>> Since Padlock has known issues, is there anything that can be done?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Charles
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Bao Ha <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> To check for Padlock, just look at the FreeBSD boot up messages.
>>>
>>> #dmesg | grep "Padlock"
>>>
>>> Are you running the 1.5Ghz VIA C7 fanless? If it takes sometimes to
>>> crash, it could be a heat problem. I would check the CPU fan and
>>> ventilation of the enclosure.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Just an update on this issue, my firewall was up for 48 hours before I
>>>> rebooted it to check for padlock, it doesn't seem that it is an option
>>>> in my bios.  It was rebooting about every 36 hours, but that seems to
>>>> be inconsistent.
>>>>
>>>> I'm still just waiting for it to crash/reboot again to further
>>>> diagnose the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for all of the help
>>>> Charles
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:50 PM, duncan hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Morgan Reed wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 14:47, Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's padlock?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On die crypto coprocessor
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