Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:19:01 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware crypto and SSL? Message-ID: <3F9691D5.4080703@tenebras.com> In-Reply-To: <20031022140919.GA61094@dub.net> References: <20031022032740.GA2605@dub.net> <6.0.0.22.0.20031021233604.0807f8a0@209.112.4.2> <3F9676FB.9020107@centtech.com> <3F968E85.1030902@tenebras.com> <20031022140919.GA61094@dub.net>
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Bill Swingle wrote: > When you say that they help quite a bit, do you mean for http+SSL or > some other application? It depends on the traffic profile -- it significantly reduces the overhead of session establishment, because that's where pubkey calculations occur. > What I'm getting at is this: can anyone actually confirm that using > hardware crypto can increase http+SSL speeds? I've yet to find any > mention of it on the web. For a first estimate, look at the claims of the manufacturers ;-) (nCipher, Hifn, etc.)
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