Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards - information

2001-02-02 Thread Michael Ströder
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Although > I'm seeing that much speed improvement (using the "openssl speed" tests), > I'm also seeing a significant drop in the amount of CPU utilisation. > [..] > Even if it were the case that you would get only 3x improvement on a 1Ghz > P3, you would still have su

RE: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards - information

2001-01-26 Thread David Schwartz
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Further to my previous message, I have not only received my Cryptoswift > > card, but I actually have it working. I'm seeing a speed improvement of > > around 20x on a Dual Pentium 166. > > Hmmm ... so we can expect about 3x on a single P3/1GHz. How much do > these

Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards - information

2001-01-26 Thread Ben Laurie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Further to my previous message, I have not only received my Cryptoswift > card, but I actually have it working. I'm seeing a speed improvement of > around 20x on a Dual Pentium 166. Hmmm ... so we can expect about 3x on a single P3/1GHz. How much do these things cost

Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread Rodney Thayer
well... sort of. the 7 January snapshot, which includes working Broadcom engine support, has CryptoSwift, Compaq Atalla, nCipher CHIL and Nuron listed. I thought there was Hifn support too? So... I guess the list is, approximately, in alphabetical order: Broadcom 5805 Compaq Atalla nC

Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread Louis LeBlanc
David Lang wrote: > > when I was evaluating similar products a couple years ago I found that it > really didn't help to try and worry about spilling the load over to the > main CPU. > > benchmarks from the time were > > pentium 200 linux 19 connections/sec 100% CPU > RS/6000 233 (RISC) 29 conne

RE: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread David Lang
001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:47:02 - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards > > > -Original Message- > > From: Louis LeBlanc [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

RE: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread Jennifer Arden
Have you heard of the nCipher card? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rodney Thayer Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards is there somewhere one can get a list of the supported

Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread adrien mistretta
> is there somewhere one can get a list of the supported engine cards? > I mean, there are vendors out there, other than Rainbow, who'd like > to put their two milli-euro's worth into this conversation but > that would be impolite and a commercial advertisement The supported Crypto cards are

RE: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread John . Airey
> -Original Message- > From: Rodney Thayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 January 2001 14:52 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards > > > is there somewhere one can get a list of the supported engine cards? > I mean, there a

Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread Rodney Thayer
is there somewhere one can get a list of the supported engine cards? I mean, there are vendors out there, other than Rainbow, who'd like to put their two milli-euro's worth into this conversation but that would be impolite and a commercial advertisement (yeah, yeah, read the source. I mean a

RE: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread Jennifer Arden
I do not know anything about the Rainbow Cryptoswift card. However, I do know how to set it up with the nCipher card. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 5:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL P

Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread Louis LeBlanc
adrien mistretta wrote: > > > The cryptoswift card provides 'onboard' acceleration of SSL based > > processing, but the card itself can only handle so many transactions per > > second. What happens if your traffic load exceeds the cards ability? > > can you easily 'spill' that extra work over to

Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards

2001-01-19 Thread Louis LeBlanc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Louis LeBlanc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 19 January 2001 12:39 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Rainbow Cryptoswift cards > > > > > > One quick quest