Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:31:16 EDT From: Bsdguru@aol.com To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD Message-ID: <121.f1f847.286cd1f4@aol.com>
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In a message dated 06/27/2001 11:06:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, soren@soekris.com writes: > That's not really the point here, I was talking about lowest end > hardware compared to high end CPU. If we compare with high end hardware, > then we're talking about factor >50 faster than software.... There are > chips out that can do >1Gbit 3-DES, given a 64bit/66Mhz PCI bus. > > I'm just starting with a low end chip to complement my 133 Mhz 486 based > net4501 board, with the goal of low cost and low power, not absolute > performance. Its cheaper and more flexible to buy a faster motherboard, which is the point to the rest of us who are deciding if we care about a hardware solution. Bryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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