> One of the applications we are working on requires us
> to generate RSA key pairs at a rate of about 20-25 key
> pairs/second
> is there any application out there which can do this??
> is using /dev/random, /etc/entropy or accelerator card
> with RNG any faster?? and can this achieve the speed
> we require?
Unfortunately, developing an RSA key pair is inherently expensive. The RNG
is not the speed-limiting factor, so a faster RNG won't help you very much.
Last time I tried to optimize RSA key generation, I got to just over 2 keys
(1024 bit) per second on a P3-1Ghz.
You'll need either an accelerator card that does the key generation or
you'll need to change your requirements.
DS
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