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     inside the kernel to feed the entropy pool.
     <p>
 
+<li><b>VIA C3 AES instructions</b><br>
+    VIA C3 cpus with a step 8 or later Nehemiah core contains an AES
+    implementation accessible via simple instructions. As of <a
+    href="34.html">3.4</a> the kernel supports them to be used in an
+    IPsec context and exported by <tt>/dev/crypto</tt>. As of <a
+    href="35.html">3.5</a> performances have been greatly improved
+    and OpenSSL now uses the new instruction directly when available
+    without the need to enter the kernel, resulting in vastly
+    improved speed (AES-128 measured at 780MByte/sec) for applications
+    using OpenSSL to perform AES encryption.
+    <p>
+
 <li><b>OpenSSL</b><br>
     Years ago, we had a grand scheme to support crypto cards that can do
     RSA/DH/DSA automatically via OpenSSL calls.  As of OpenBSD 3.2, that
@@ -458,7 +470,7 @@
 <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="OpenBSD"></a>
 <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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