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Date:      Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:31:16 EDT
From:      Bsdguru@aol.com
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <121.f1f847.286cd1f4@aol.com>

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In a message dated 06/27/2001 11:06:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
soren@soekris.com writes:

> That's not really the point here, I was talking about lowest end
>  hardware compared to high end CPU. If we compare with high end hardware,
>  then we're talking about factor >50 faster than software.... There are
>  chips out that can do >1Gbit 3-DES, given a 64bit/66Mhz PCI bus.
>  
>  I'm just starting with a low end chip to complement my 133 Mhz 486 based
>  net4501 board, with the goal of low cost and low power, not absolute
>  performance.

Its cheaper and more flexible to buy a faster motherboard, which is the point 
to the rest of us who are deciding if we care about a hardware solution.

Bryan

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