From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 29 8: 1: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ringworld.nanolink.com (ringworld.nanolink.com [195.24.48.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84ADC37B408 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 08:00:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roam@orbitel.bg) Received: (qmail 1137 invoked by uid 1000); 29 Jun 2001 15:05:13 -0000 Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:05:13 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev To: Bsdguru@aol.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010629180513.C535@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Mail-Followup-To: Bsdguru@aol.com, hackers@freebsd.org References: <102.53e94e2.286df0eb@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <102.53e94e2.286df0eb@aol.com>; from Bsdguru@aol.com on Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 10:55:39AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 10:55:39AM -0400, Bsdguru@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/28/01 11:16:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > louie@TransSys.COM writes: > > > Really? Have you even looked at the net4501 board which was mentioned? > It's > > a single-board computer constructed for some specific communication > > applications, with no VGA or keyboard support, or spinning fans, and is > > pretty inexpensive and in a very small form factor. Why do I want to > > replace this with "a new motherboard?" > > Because my motherboard is 20 times faster, has VGA support,doesnt require an > add-on board to do fast encryption and costs about the same as yours. Thats > why. Again, you are only considering your personal case. If crypto should be needed on an embedded appliance, I don't think they would need a lightning-fast processor and VGA support, when crypto is all they want. G'luck, Peter -- "yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation." yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message