Hi, > I have an OpenVPN server interconnecting 5 networks with data center using > permanent PtP links - each network has about 30 PCs. Also there is about > 30 > road-warrior OpenVPN clients. Average traffic on each PtP link is > 1-2Mbit/s. > The server and end-points of permanent PtP links are currently running on > Linux. > I've read about OpenBSD's ability to use hardware crypto acceleration card > to transparently accelerate OpenSSL calls. > Is it possible to use this ability to hw accelerate OpenVPN's SSL calls ? > Any suggestions for a hw crypto card for this usage ? > I want to replace Linux with OpenBSD on the server and permanent > end-points > and hw acceleration could be internesting improvement. what for ? unless you have something small like a soekris there is no need for it, even an old PIII should handle this amount of traffic easily.
-sm
