[strongSwan] Does StrongSwan use AES-NI instructions on x86 systems?

[Noel Kuntze]

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Hello Li,

As strongSwan only handles the IKE negotiation and IPsec policy installation,
that is completely up to the kernel. Please check your kernel for that.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards,
Noel Kuntze

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Am 10.02.2015 um 21:25 schrieb Li, Charlie:
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> Hi All,
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> I use Ubuntu14.04/StrongSwan 5.1.2 to set up a IPSec gateway in tunnel mode.
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> My question is – does it take advantage of the special AES-NI instructions or just use regular assembly to do the encryption/decryption like AES128-CBC?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES_instruction_set
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> Thanks,
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> Charlie
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