recommended SSL-friendly crypto accelerator

[Michael W. Lucas]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 05:18:33PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20040408144322.GA83448 at 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 at .  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

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