=================================================================== 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). +
+ 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. +
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- 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.