Please note that the next generation of Intel CPUs (starting at February!) are going to have an AES instruction built in them, making harddisk encryption (using AES) extremely efficient (we're talking at about 4 cycles/byte in stupid modes and about 0.7 cycles per byte in more useful modes).
AMD to follow in 2011. > Also, I do not run any virtual machine from the encrypted partition - too > much trouble. > > Since that's exactly what I want to do, could you be more specific about > what kind of trouble? Just slow? Or other issues? > > And when you say "dual core", how many CPUs does the kernel count? (my quad > core counts as eight, as I've already mentioned) > > Eli > > > -- > Web: http://www.billauer.co.il > > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > Haifux@haifux.org > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux > > -- Orr Dunkelman, orr.dunkel...@gmail.com GPG fingerprint: C2D5 C6D6 9A24 9A95 C5B3 2023 6CAB 4A7C B73F D0AA (This key will never sign Emails, only other PGP keys. The key corresponds to o...@vipe.technion.ac.il) _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux
