Re: [openssl-users] Does openssl pick low level interface or high level interface to do encrypt?

2017-08-10 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 01:08:47PM +, - JinsongJi wrote: > For one simple operation: openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in foo.txt -out > foo.enc > Does openssl pick classic implementation or AES-NI implementation to do this > encrypt? The enc(1) command uses the EVP API to access the

Re: [openssl-users] Does openssl pick low level interface or high level interface to do encrypt?

2017-08-10 Thread Salz, Rich via openssl-users
-- Senior Architect, Akamai Technologies Member, OpenSSL Dev Team IM: richs...@jabber.at Twitter: RichSalz From: - JinsongJi [mailto:jjsb...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2017 9:09 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: [openssl-users] Does openssl pick low level interface or high

[openssl-users] Does openssl pick low level interface or high level interface to do encrypt?

2017-08-10 Thread - JinsongJi
Hi, For one simple operation: openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in foo.txt -out foo.enc Does openssl pick classic implementation or AES-NI implementation to do this encrypt? Does any user/application always pick classic implementation for AES operation regardless of AES-NI improves speed much?