Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD

[Peter Pentchev]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 10:55:39AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 6/28/01 11:16:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> > Really?  Have you even looked at the net4501 board which was mentioned?  
> It's
> >  a single-board computer constructed for some specific communication
> >  applications, with no VGA or keyboard support, or spinning fans, and is
> >  pretty inexpensive and in a very small form factor.  Why do I want to
> >  replace this with "a new motherboard?"
> 
> Because my motherboard is 20 times faster, has VGA support,doesnt require an 
> add-on board to do fast encryption and costs about the same as yours. Thats 
> why.

Again, you are only considering your personal case.  If crypto should
be needed on an embedded appliance, I don't think they would need
a lightning-fast processor and VGA support, when crypto is all
they want.

G'luck,
Peter

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