Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 00:41:34 -0400 From: andy@lewman.com To: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommended SSL-friendly crypto accelerator Message-ID: <20040409044134.GA40379@phobos.osem.com> In-Reply-To: <3009DCC4-8986-11D8-88D0-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <26486.1081437513@critter.freebsd.dk> <6.0.3.0.0.20040408112048.07218a00@209.112.4.2> <3009DCC4-8986-11D8-88D0-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
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In my completely unscientific tests just now before heading off to bed, The 4.9 kernel without hifn in it, apache-ssl is clearly using main cpu under artificial heavy load. Put back in hifn, same test, cpu is hovering at 90% idle, and apache-ssl is cranking away. This is with the Soekris 14xx card, reported as: hifn0: Hifn 7955, rev 0, 32KB dram, 64 sessions I know the 7955 is the latest chipset and supports more than the older 7951 cards. : : I can second/confirm Mike's observations here. : : I've got a pair of HI/FN 7951 cards which gets used by SSH if I select : 3DES, but there is no sign that Apache attempts to use it for either : the public-key RSA/DSA crypto during HTTPS session startup, nor later : for the symmetric crypto. : : -- : -Chuck : : _______________________________________________ -- Andrew
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