Package: openssl Version: 0.9.8b-2 Severity: normal VIA C6/C7 CPUs have a padlock extension that provides hardware support for AES encryption (and also for SHA hashes in C7 processor [1]).
openssl 0.9.8 supports padlock engine, but for a reason I'm not sure to understand (the configure system of openssl is a bit rough for me to find the answer at the first glance), it's not compiled in debian: [madcoder ares] openssl engine padlock 19047:error:25066067:DSO support routines:DLFCN_LOAD:could not load the shared library:dso_dlfcn.c:162:filename(/usr/lib/ssl/engines/libpadlock.so): /usr/lib/ssl/engines/libpadlock.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 19047:error:25070067:DSO support routines:DSO_load:could not load the shared library:dso_lib.c:244: 19047:error:260B6084:engine routines:DYNAMIC_LOAD:dso not found:eng_dyn.c:450: 19047:error:2606A074:engine routines:ENGINE_by_id:no such engine:eng_list.c:415:id=padlock whereas on that machine it should have answered something like: $ openssl engine padlock (padlock) VIA PadLock (no-RNG, no-ACE) as this extension provides huge performance gain on VIA motherboards, that are often used as routers to support VPN and other SSL-based cryptographic services, I've chose the severity 'normal'. TIA [1] http://www.logix.cz/michal/doc/article.xp/padlock-en -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O [EMAIL PROTECTED] OOO http://www.madism.org
