Subject: Re: crypto library speed improvements
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/31/2000 15:53:49
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 05:27:11PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> > I've added support for using the x86 assembly versions of Blowfish,
> > MD5, RMD160, and some of the BIGNUM routines (used by DSA and
> > RSA). These improve performance of these algorithms significantly.
>
> How significantly? I found the assembly version of Blowfish to be
> slightly, but repeatably, slower on my AMD processors and on my Celerons.
Look at the log messages.
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