Crypto Card for OpenVPN/IPSec
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Would this crypto card be a good purchase for my Atom 330 pfSense box? I've got a 50/10 connection and would like to have OpenVPN connections between me and several other locations. Also, an IPSec connection to my office. I wasn't able to find much information, besides pfSense supporting AES128 using another Hifn card from Netgate. I will be popping it in the box I have in my signature. I'll have to figure out some kind of PCIe extension cable. Thanks!
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Based on a search of the part number that seems to be a card for compression, not crypto. It won't do anything at all.
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Based on a search of the part number that seems to be a card for compression, not crypto. It won't do anything at all.
Boy, am I glad I asked before buying! So the question becomes, what would be a good card to add for crypto to my pfSense box? It's an Atom with a free PCIe 8x slot (4x electrical). Thanks!
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@joltman:
Based on a search of the part number that seems to be a card for compression, not crypto. It won't do anything at all.
Boy, am I glad I asked before buying! So the question becomes, what would be a good card to add for crypto to my pfSense box? It's an Atom with a free PCIe 8x slot (4x electrical). Thanks!
None, I'm not aware of any PCI-e cards that work with pfSense. The older PCI cards will likely be slower than none at all.
If you need more than throughput over a VPN tunnel then you'll need a faster machine.
