Well could you at least once forget about personal differences and answer the question if you don't mind? I'd be happy... and others might be happy as well 'course they might be interested also.
But of course your answers are always enlightend anyway.. Regards, Sebastian > Obviously this wouldn't work for you because you are incapable of doing > anything right. > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:43:19PM +0200, Sebastian Rother wrote: > > After reading man 4 crypto and co I have a question I can not answer. > > If I would put multiple VPN cards at a single board, would it scale? > > > > And if not what accelerator is choosed? > > > > What would happen if I have for example a VIA CPU with HW AES + > > a Soekris VPN 1411 (which does AES too). > > > > Btw: Is the VIA now fully supported? From my point of view it's hard to > > figure out if more then just AES is accelerated because VIA claims it > > CPUs can do: > > > > " > > These features include the implementation of the Quantum-based VIA > > PadLock RNG (Random Number Generator), and the VIA PadLock ACE > > (Advanced Cryptography Engine) supporting U.S. Government standard AES > > encryption, Secure hash SHA-1/SHA-256 encryption and accelerated RSA > > algorithm computation (through the inclusion of a Montgomery > > Multiplier). Elements of the VIA PadLock Security Engine have been > > integrated into the VIA C7, VIA C7-M, VIA Edenb" ESP, Edenb"-N, VIA > > C3B.-M, and VIA C3B. processors (see here for a comparison of recent > > processors). " > > > > Also man 9 crypto tells me: > > " > > When SMP time comes, we will support use of a second processor (or more) > > as a crypto device (this is actually AMP, but we need the same basic sup- > > port). > > " > > > > Is that statement still true? > > > > > > I would be thankfull for any hints because the manpages aint helpfull. > > > > regards, > > Sebastian > > -- Sebastian Rother <sebastian.rot...@jpberlin.de>
