We have Windows application which passes data to OpenSSL.exe to encrypt as a Windows command, then scrapes the encrypted data back from the output. The Windows app can call external Windows commands but we cannot call APIs or extend the functionality programmatically. Functionally it works, but it doesn't scale as each time you call OpenSSL.exe it takes about a second and spikes the CPU. The application we are using is required to process 6000 records every hour.
I have two tests set up: 1. A batch file which runs 6000 times, repeatedly running the following command: Openssl.exe aes-256-cbc -a -e -k eiccmkjd94jfgniw03ljkdlfutcnv320 -in test.txt 2. A text file with the following line repeated 6000 times, which I paste into the OpenSSL CLI: aes-256-cbc -a -e -k eiccmkjd94jfgniw03ljkdlfutcnv320 -in test.txt When I use the batch file which invokes OpenSSL.exe 6000 times, it takes several hours to complete and spikes the CPU significantly. It seems to be the initialisation of the OpenSSL.exe program rather than the encryption however, as if I paste in the text file to the OpenSSL.exe CLI it completes in several seconds and takes very little CPU. What I need is a way of running OpenSSL.exe as a process which I can pass parameters to on STDIN, and output parameters to STDOUT. I would like to be able to call another batch file or program with the unencrypted data as the input parameter which would then pass this to the running "service", retrieve the encrypted data result from this "service" and pass it as the output. Can anyone enlighten me on a potential solution for this? Thanks and Regards, Leon Funnell ________________________________________________________ This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying of, or any action taken in reliance upon it, is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. Catlin Underwriting Agencies Limited and Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd. are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. The registered office of Catlin Underwriting Agencies Limited (incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 1815126) and Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd. (incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 5328622) is 20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG. Catlin Risk Solutions Limited is an Appointed Representative of Catlin Underwriting Agencies Limited. ________________________________________________________
