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Date:      Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:18:33 +0200
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: recommended SSL-friendly crypto accelerator 
Message-ID:  <26486.1081437513@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Apr 2004 10:43:22 EDT." <20040408144322.GA83448@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> 

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In message <20040408144322.GA83448@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>, "Michae
l W. Lucas" writes:
>On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> >>Look at VPN14x1 from www.soekris.com, it's darn cheap too.
>
>Thanks, phk!
>
>For $79, it's cheap enough that I could put a whole stack of them in a
>machine.  Can FreeBSD take advantage of multiple cards like that?

I think so, but I am not sure the code currently does load-sharing
or just "try to find a card which can do this job" sharing.

Maybe sam@ would know, you should probably ask him.

>(Yes, that's a serious concern; I'm looking at 15,000 simultaneous
>users on a SSL Web site, and would prefer to avoid spending the big
>bucks on a so-called "hardware SSL accelerator.")

Whee :-)

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
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