From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 03:04:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 03:04:37 -0500 Received: from blackbird.intercode.com.au ([203.32.101.10]:56331 "EHLO blackbird.intercode.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 03:04:36 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:10:58 +1100 (EST) From: James Morris To: Niels Provos cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: cryptographic acceleration [Re: What's left over.] In-Reply-To: <20021102070944.GR15875@citi.citi.umich.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Niels Provos wrote: > On the other hand, there are some Ethernet cards that support inline > encryption so that not additional bus bandwidth is required to do both > public and symmetric key cryptography. And this is precisely the case for which we have no detailed documentation at this stage. Hardware which does this includes the Intel PRO/100S and 3Com 3CR990. Any assistance from vendors in getting documentation on the crypto aspects of cards would be highly appreciated. - James -- James Morris