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Chuck Swiger wrote:
 > I haven't heard of any NetBSD developers working on the Padlock/ACE
> encryption stuff, but the hardware works under FreeBSD and
> <pjd@freebsd.org> seems to have gotten crypto(4) and IPSEC integration
> working with the VIA Nehemia platform, so there is some BSD-licensed
> code available.

I found out, that OpenBSD supports this device since v3.4. No surprise thou.

> There's also Linux code available at:
> 
> http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/padlock/

Padlock is part of the linux kernel since 2.6.11. I started patching the
kernel around ~2.6.9. But those CPUs only had the RNG extension.

> ...including patches for OpenSSL.  That ought to give you a starting
> point...

I have such a VIA Eden-N now. This machine won't be a vpn gateway, but
every service will be only available over SSL. Since 1.3GHz are not that
big, Padlock should be a real boost.

Let's see if encryption is really done 8 times faster than a P4 3GHz
could do. :)

Bye,
	Aiko

PS.: Consider this as a feature request. :P

-- 
Aiko Barz <aiko@haeckser.de>
Web: http://www.haeckser.de

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