› Forums › Network Management › Request a new feature › Crypto/SSL/VPN Hardware Acceleration › Re: VIA C3 and C7 Padlock encryption hardware acceleration
June 30, 2008 at 9:56 am
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It would be nice to support VIA C3 and C7 Padlock encryption hardware acceleration which is fully opensourced:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/padlock/hardware.jsp
This CPU’s are fully x86 and used in cheap MiniITX moterboards. Some are completely passive cooled and have 2 Ethernet ports built in — ideal for budget boxes with Zeroshell.
Padlock support is built into recent Linux kernels and requires OpenSSL patching to add Padlock crypto engine, details here:
http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/padlock/