[rescue] Sun's crypto accelerators - useful?

[Dan Moisa]

Thanks for the reply!

This page says that it should be able to terminate connections on your
behalf, etc:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/820-2049/adcpn/index.html

Got one from eBay, I'll respond again if it ends up working.

Dan.

On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 11:38 AM Nemo Nusquam <cym224 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2021-05-02 13:57, Dan Moisa wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Are those crypto accelerators useful for routine operations in ssl like
> > ssh/scp, https, etc? Or are they just useful for specialized
> > workloads/SUN-specific stuff?
>  From memory, OpenSSL and SSH can be built to use h/w for symmetric and
> asymmetric crypto, as well as RNG (OpenSSL calls them "engines").B  I
> suspect that same true for LibreSSL, NSS, and others.
>
> > I'm maxing out an Ultra 10 under Solaris to keep around for reference,
> and
> > looking at what I can throw in it. Something like Sun 375-3089 Crypto
> > Accelerator 1000 caught my eye, but I can't find too much info on it.
> If memory serves, the chips are strictly RSA (so no ECC stuff).B  I
> cannot remember whether that has AES on it or just DES.
>
> Sorry I cannot be more helpfu.
>
> Sincerely,
> N.
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