Messages in this thread |  | | From | Systemkennung Linux <> | Subject | Re: Encryption Hardware | Date | Mon, 22 Jul 1996 04:16:42 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Hi,
> Has anyone got any encryption hardware running on Linux? I'm looking > for a board that does RSA, and obviously a device driver. If anyone has > any experience or knows something available, please lemme know. > > Or if anyone knows of a board, even without a driver, it shouldn't be > too hard to slap one together...
You probably want to use some block or stream cipher like DES, IDEA or RC4 but not RSA. RSA is very slow and has some significant weaknesses under certain circumstances. So think again about if you really want to use RSA.
In general encryption hardware is only required if you have extreme security requirements. In that case you should ask a well renommed company. The other reason for encryption hardware is, of course performance. Especially DES is performancewise a pain in the but and using another algorithem like IDEA will result in a significant speedup and might make the hardware unnecessary.
Ralf
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