From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 18 17:57:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BEE016A41C for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:57:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@dylangoss.com) Received: from server20.olicentral.com (server20.olicentral.com [216.121.191.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5EA143D1F for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:57:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@dylangoss.com) Received: from [192.168.1.151] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server20.olicentral.com (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id j5IHveR29811 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:57:40 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: FreeBSD questions From: "D. Goss" Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:57:46 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) Subject: hardware crypto questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:57:51 -0000 I have an option to get a PCI crypto card based on the Broadcom BCM5820 chipset. I see the card is still listed as current at Broadcom's site and that it is supported via the ubsec(4) driver in FreeBSD. Does anyone know a few of the various common and current crypto cards? I am having a hard time finding any benchmarks or comparisons of various cards and can't tell what to expect from this hardware. Also, can someone point me to a utility or method of benchmarking before/after this card (software vs. hardware) specifically for SSL transactions? (Card is intended to go into server doing some HTTPS commerce transactions.) Server is almost-current dual 2.8Ghz dual core x386 machine. Thanks you - d.