Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD

[Bsdguru]

In a message dated 06/30/2001 3:44:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> > Your premise that "embedded appliances" are somehow doomed to use 
pitifully 
> 
>  > outdated processors is simply wrong.
>  
>  Who said anything about pitifully outdated processors.  I can buy a heck
>  of alot of CPU horsepower w/out buying the latest/greatest CPU.
>  
>  As a matter of fact, in almost all cases, the best bang for the buck
>  would be for processorts that you imply to 'pitfully outdated'.

I think you've missed the fact that the '486 solution requires an add-on 
board (priced at $80.) and the faster cpu solution doesnt. That adds a lot of 
margin to get a faster MB, more than enough to compensate for the board.

Bryan
  

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