[4840] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Netscape-Enterprise/2.01 https SLOOOOWW
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David W. Morris)
Mon Mar 17 21:19:52 1997
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 15:59:03 -0800 (PST)
From: "David W. Morris" <dwm@xpasc.com>
To: sameer <sameer@c2.net>
cc: fischer@ucet.ufl.edu, WWW-SECURITY@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199703172339.PAA10739@gabber.c2.net>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, sameer wrote:
> > See http://isg.rnbo.com ... as I recall, there is some comparison test
> > data as well as info on a hardware board to perform the crypto math.
>
> The rainbow board currently doesn't work with NS-Enterprise, I
> beleive. To my knowledge the only server vendor that has demonstrated
> interoperability is stronghold.
Not what their representative at COMDEX told me. There were quoting
timings of a NS server (don't know about 'model' names) with and without
their board.
Supposedly an API is used which allows substitution of harware vs.
software.
If you are saying that Netscape hasn't demonstrated compatiblity with
Rainbow ... I can't comment ... but I believe I was told that Rainbow
has demonstrated compatibility with a Netscape secure server.
In any case, my intent was to point out that SSL is slow and there is at
least one possible hardware alternative.
Dave Morris
