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Date:      Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:08:43 -0700
From:      soralx@cydem.org
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quiet computer
Message-ID:  <200610112008.43586.soralx@cydem.org>
In-Reply-To: <36E6E927-AA04-43ED-928E-D06ABCE414CA@ketralnis.com>
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> > Hmm.. that's odd, the Woodcrest still stomps those numbers- I  
> > wonder if
> > it's just a matter of difference in CPU speed, or intel has started
> > adding some sort of hw crypto? Also, I'm running a stock 6.1-RELEASE
> > amd64 kernel.
> 
> It might also be that OpenSSL isn't actually using the /dev/crypto  
> device; I see from some postings that in order to get OpenSSL to use  
> it, you have to give a command line switch like -engine. I played  
> around with it a little, and while I don't know much about how  
> OpenSSL defines engines, I did get this:
> 
> ~% openssl speed -engine /dev/crypto
> invalid engine "/dev/crypto"

like it says, engine name '/dev/crypto' is not valid
try `openssl speed -engine padlock`

also, try to test the speed of the true random number generator
(I don't know how to access it; maybe just dd /dev/urandom?)

[SorAlx]  ridin' VN1500-B2



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