--- "Securiteinfo.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Le dimanche 5 Juin 2005 22:15, Joanna Roman a > écrit : > > --- Niek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 6/5/2005 5:22 AM +0200, Joanna Roman wrote: > > > > I am just wondering how feasible it is to do > AV hw > > > > acceleration in general. Besides using faster > CPU > > > > > > and > > > > > > > faster memory, ASIC can't really help. Can > anybody > > > > shed some light ? > > > > > > You answered your own question. > > > Now I'm awaiting a similar question on the > > > spamassassin list. > > > > > > Niek Baakman > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html > > > > I am just throwing out this question hoping > someone > > might have some novel idea of accelerating AV in > HW. > > Does anybody have any idea how company like > Sensory > > Networks does HW acceleration then. > > I have real doubt > > about the result. I wonder how much gain they can > > achieve. > > Dedicated hardware acceleration is always fastest > than the fastest CPU. > Have you got a 3D acceleration video card in your PC > ? > If yes, why ? :) > > -- > Cordialement, > > Arnaud Jacques > Consultant Sécurité > > Téléphone / Fax : +33-(0)3.44.39.76.46 > Portable : +33-(0)6.24.40.95.03 > E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Securiteinfo.com > La Sécurité Informatique - La Sécurité des > Informations. > 266, rue de Villers > 60123 Bonneuil en Valois > _______________________________ > _______________________________________________ > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html > I dont know how graphics CPU works. But when it comes to virus scanning, one has to read every byte of the file. I can't think of any ASCII can do better job than CPU when it comes to this. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
