From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 20:08:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F7E16A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:08:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp3.sentex.ca (smtp3.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 742AE43D2F for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:08:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from avscan2.sentex.ca (avscan2.sentex.ca [199.212.134.19]) by smtp3.sentex.ca (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3F38O23081873; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:08:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by avscan2.sentex.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D330C59C8B; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:08:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from avscan2.sentex.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (avscan2.sentex.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id 46816-10; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:08:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by avscan2.sentex.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F9559C89; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:08:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i3F38NsB016772; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:08:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.0.3.0.0.20040414230754.07d7cf18@209.112.4.2> X-Sender: mdtpop@209.112.4.2 (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.3.0 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:10:02 -0400 To: andy@lewman.com, security@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <20040415030319.GA71038@phobos.osem.com> References: <20040408144322.GA83448@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <26486.1081437513@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040413181943.GA55219@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20040415030319.GA71038@phobos.osem.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at (avscan2) sentex.ca Subject: Re: recommended SSL-friendly crypto accelerator X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Security issues [members-only posting] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:08:26 -0000 Someone with the time, knowledge and perhaps funding to fix it. It would be nice too if someone with a Soekris 1401 or 7556 based card on FreeBSD or OpenBSD could duplicate my results just to confirm its not a bad batch of 3 cards that I have ---Mike At 11:03 PM 14/04/2004, andy@lewman.com wrote: >Ok, so what exactly needs to be done to get full hifn support working in >4.x/5.x? > >I seem to have lost the original train of thought here. > >-Andrew > >On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 02:19:43PM -0400, mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org >wrote 1.5K bytes in 37 lines about: >: On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 05:18:33PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >: > 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. >: >: OK, for the record I asked sam@. He says that the VPN1401 has issues >: for (at a minimum) symmetric crypto ops, but he hasn't had time to >: investigate and doesn't own a 1401, so... >: >: He also says that he considers the Broadcom 582x is the best >: accelerator available, except that it isn't available retail. :-( >: >: So, it looks like my choices are rapidly narrowing. It seems that the >: powercrypt cards are well-supported, perhaps I'll give them a call. >: >: ==ml >: >: -- >: Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org >: "I'm sorry, but 'Social Darwinism' is no excuse for killing all of >: your co-workers." -- Ivan Brunetti >: http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ >: _______________________________________________ >: freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list >: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security >: To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"