Re: /dev/crypto versus libcrypto

[Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:07:23 -0700
buhrow%lothlorien.nfbcal.org@localhost (Brian Buhrow) wrote:

>       hello.  Can anyone enlighten me as to the advantages or disadvantages
> of using the /dev/crypto device versus having applications do their own
> cryptography?  Is it  more efficient to have the kernel do the
> crypto work than the applications themselves?

I'm not sure how well it works, but openssl supports a "speed"
benchmark program, supporting the -engine <engine> <algorithm> options,
and the "engine" command should list the engines it supports (including
cryptodev, aesni, etc)
-- 
Matt