recommended SSL-friendly crypto accelerator

[Jim Zajkowski]

On Apr 8, 2004, at 10:41 AM, Rumen Telbizov wrote:

> I spoke with rainbow ( about cryptoswift)
> a month ago. Initially they told
> me there are drivers ... then they
> changed their minds .. and told
> me that FreeBSD is unsupported.
> I didn't clear the issue anyway.

I had the worst ever tech phone conversation with Rainbow support about 
the CSwift and FreeBSD.  The box says FreeBSD, the manual says FreeBSD, 
the website said FreeBSD.

The call went similar to this:

   Me: I need to get the FreeBSD drivers for this card, please send them 
to me.
Them: We don't support FreeBSD anymore.  I have old drivers.
   Me: I don't care that you don't "support" it, I need the drivers you 
have.
Them: They're not supported.
   Me: I got that.  Send them to me anyway, I'll try and make it work.
Them: Well the drivers aren't supported.
   Me: Look, the box, documentation, and website all say you have or had 
some support for this.
Them: Where in the manual does it say that?  I bet you can't find it.
   Me: (shouting) Page 11-153 (whatever it was, I don't have the manual 
anymore) says this card is supported under FreeBSD, AIX, [etc]
Them: The drivers aren't supported.
   Me: I UNDERSTAND THAT, SEND THEM TO ME ANYWAY.
Them: I'm letting you know they're not supported.

In the end the drivers didn't work and I didn't have enough time to 
play around, so I unfortunately installed Dead Rat.

If I were to do it over again, I'd buy the nCipher.

--Jim

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