Re: hardware crypto and SSL?

From: Gregory Sutter (gsutter_at_zer0.org)
Date: 10/22/03

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To: Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net>

    On 2003-10-21 20:27 -0700, Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net> wrote:
    > Is anyone successfully using some sort of hardware crypto solution to
    > combat the overhead of SSL in http transactions? I'd love to hear
    > anything good or bad about this.

    Bill,

    Alteon and F5, among others, both make SSL acceleration appliances.
    I'm sure a device like this would greatly speed the processing of
    your HTTPS transactions. Good stuff.

    Greg 

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