Re: [openssl.org #2365] Limitations of ENGINE interface hamper performance on modern hardware

2010-11-26 Thread Thor Simon
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 04:08:11AM +0100, Richard Levitte via RT wrote: > BTW, you wrote this a month ago... > > > [...@coyotepoint.com - Sun Oct 24 14:39:15 2010]: > [...] > > I will file another bug describing these and > > detailing > > one possible solution. > > Did you? I can't seem to see

Re: [openssl.org #2365] Limitations of ENGINE interface hamper performance on modern hardware

2010-11-24 Thread Thor Simon via RT
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 04:08:11AM +0100, Richard Levitte via RT wrote: > BTW, you wrote this a month ago... > > > [...@coyotepoint.com - Sun Oct 24 14:39:15 2010]: > [...] > > I will file another bug describing these and > > detailing > > one possible solution. > > Did you? I can't seem to see

[openssl.org #2365] Limitations of ENGINE interface hamper performance on modern hardware

2010-10-24 Thread Thor Simon via RT
The Openssl ENGINE interface has been showing its age for a long time. Arguably plugged into the code at the wrong layer of abstraction when it was originally written, with modern hardware it seriously hampers performance. It is largely a matter of luck that it is usable to accellerate, for exampl