=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/crypto.html,v retrieving revision 1.59 retrieving revision 1.60 diff -u -r1.59 -r1.60 --- www/crypto.html 2000/07/06 17:16:54 1.59 +++ www/crypto.html 2000/07/20 17:54:59 1.60 @@ -280,13 +280,17 @@ stable. We wrote our own driver for supporting this chip, rather than using the (USA-written) powercrypt driver, as well - our driver links in properly to the IPSEC stack

+ our driver links in properly to the IPSEC stack. The 7751 is now considered slow by industry standards and many vendors have faster chips (even HiFn now has a faster but more expensive - chip). + chip). Peak performance with 3DES SHA1 ESP is around 63MBit/sec.

+ (As an aside, HiFn was a difficult company to deal with; they even + threatened to sue us over our non-USA reverse engineering of their + crypto unlock algorithm). +

  • Broadcom BCM5805 (or beta chip Bluesteelnet 5501)
    - Just after the OpenBSD 2.7 release, we succeeded at adding support + Just after the OpenBSD 2.7 release, we succeeded at adding preliminary support for these early release parts provided to us by the vendor, specifically starting with the test chip 5501. @@ -294,29 +298,42 @@ The new BCM5805 is similar, except that they also add an asymetric engine for running DSA, RSA, and other such algorithms. With approximate performance starting at more than twice as fast as the HiFn, hopefully - this chip will become more common soon. We have not fully optimized our - driver yet, so performance figures will be forthcoming. + this chip will become more common soon. Our driver still has bugs, so + we do not yet have performance figures.

    + The Broadcom/Bluesteelnet people have been great to deal with. They gave + us complete documentation for their chips and a sufficient number of cards + to test with. +

    +

  • Pijnenburg PCC-ISES
    + The PCC-ISES is a + new chipset from the Netherlands. We have received sample hardware and + documentation, and work to support this should start fairly soon. +

    + +

  • IRE 2141
    + We have received documentation and sample hardware for the + IRE crypto + cards based on the SafeNet chipset. We would like to get started on + supporting these soon. +

    +

  • Other cards
    We are moving towards supporting other chips such as:

    - Of these, IRE in particular has already been very friendly, and have given - us all the information we need to support their hardware. Other vendors - are on our list, but we are focusing on the fast+cheap solutions first. Intel (and 3com to a lesser degree) don't yet fully understand how they could benefit from giving us documentation for their cryptography cards, so feel free to contact them independently and encourage them. + We have given up talking to them, since it appears to be a waste of time.

    - If people wish to help with writing drivers, - come and help us. + If people wish to help with writing drivers, + come and help us.

  • Intel 82802AB/82802AC Firmware Hub RNG
    The 82802 FWH chip (found on i810, i820, and i840 motherboards) contains @@ -373,7 +390,7 @@ OpenBSD www@openbsd.org
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