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    • JeGrJ
      JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
      last edited by JeGr

      Besides it being pointless to use "idrand" if you want to check AES-NI capability? If you want that wouldn't you either use no engine at all (because automatic detection of openssl) or crypt(dev)?

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        viragomann @yon 0
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        @yon-0
        Run openssl speed without stating an engine.

        openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
        

        than run it again with AES-NI turned off:

        OPENSSL_ia32cap="-0x200000200000000" openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
        
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        • yon 0Y
          yon 0 @viragomann
          last edited by

          @viragomann said in openvpn no option for AES-NI:

          openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm

          openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
          You have chosen to measure elapsed time instead of user CPU time.
          Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 16 size blocks: 41969785 aes-128-gcm's in 3.01s
          Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 64 size blocks: 32052818 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
          Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 256 size blocks: 14958024 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
          Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 1024 size blocks: 4775151 aes-128-gcm's in 3.07s
          Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 8192 size blocks: 619225 aes-128-gcm's in 3.02s
          Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 16384 size blocks: 309571 aes-128-gcm's in 3.01s
          OpenSSL 1.1.1a-freebsd 20 Nov 2018
          built on: reproducible build, date unspecified
          options:bn(64,64) rc4(8x,int) des(int) aes(partial) idea(int) blowfish(ptr)
          compiler: clang
          The 'numbers' are in 1000s of bytes per second processed.
          type 16 bytes 64 bytes 256 bytes 1024 bytes 8192 bytes 16384 bytes
          aes-128-gcm 223257.45k 683793.45k 1276418.05k 1592591.84k 1677789.34k 1686279.07k

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          • yon 0Y
            yon 0
            last edited by

            @JeGr said in openvpn no option for AES-NI:

            AES-NI

            The question is how do I know that vpn works with AES-NI

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              viragomann
              last edited by

              @yon-0 said in openvpn no option for AES-NI:

              The question is how do I know that vpn works with AES-NI

              I gave you two benchmarks, one uses AES-NI if available, the other runs without.
              So run both, compare the results and you will see if your system benefits from AES-NI or not.

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              • yon 0Y
                yon 0 @viragomann
                last edited by

                @viragomann

                OPENSSL_ia32cap="-0x200000200000000" openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
                OPENSSL_ia32cap=-0x200000200000000: Command not found.

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                  viragomann @yon 0
                  last edited by

                  @yon-0
                  Run it in the GUI.

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    Use env to set variables like that, for example:

                    # env OPENSSL_ia32cap="-0x200000200000000" openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
                    

                    So... With AES-NI active:

                    [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][]/root: openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
                    You have chosen to measure elapsed time instead of user CPU time.
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 16 size blocks: 20389193 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 64 size blocks: 10049858 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 256 size blocks: 3680033 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 1024 size blocks: 1042002 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 8192 size blocks: 134501 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 16384 size blocks: 67574 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    OpenSSL 1.1.1a-freebsd  20 Nov 2018
                    built on: reproducible build, date unspecified
                    options:bn(64,64) rc4(16x,int) des(int) aes(partial) idea(int) blowfish(ptr) 
                    compiler: clang
                    The 'numbers' are in 1000s of bytes per second processed.
                    type             16 bytes     64 bytes    256 bytes   1024 bytes   8192 bytes  16384 bytes
                    aes-128-gcm     108742.36k   214396.97k   314029.48k   355670.02k   367277.40k   369044.14k
                    

                    With AES-NI disabled:

                    [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][]/root: env OPENSSL_ia32cap="-0x200000200000000" openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
                    You have chosen to measure elapsed time instead of user CPU time.
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 16 size blocks: 5138331 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 64 size blocks: 1531164 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 256 size blocks: 403121 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 1024 size blocks: 102245 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 8192 size blocks: 12855 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 16384 size blocks: 6428 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                    OpenSSL 1.1.1a-freebsd  20 Nov 2018
                    built on: reproducible build, date unspecified
                    options:bn(64,64) rc4(8x,int) des(int) aes(partial) idea(int) blowfish(ptr) 
                    compiler: clang
                    The 'numbers' are in 1000s of bytes per second processed.
                    type             16 bytes     64 bytes    256 bytes   1024 bytes   8192 bytes  16384 bytes
                    aes-128-gcm      27404.43k    32664.83k    34399.66k    34899.63k    35102.72k    35105.45k
                    

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                    • yon 0Y
                      yon 0
                      last edited by

                      @jimp said in openvpn no option for AES-NI:

                      env OPENSSL_ia32cap="-0x200000200000000" openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm

                      but i test it is slow

                      env OPENSSL_ia32cap="-0x200000200000000" openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
                      You have chosen to measure elapsed time instead of user CPU time.
                      Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 16 size blocks: 12357003 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                      Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 64 size blocks: 3672554 aes-128-gcm's in 3.02s
                      Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 256 size blocks: 960619 aes-128-gcm's in 3.00s
                      Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 1024 size blocks: 246105 aes-128-gcm's in 3.03s
                      Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 8192 size blocks: 31427 aes-128-gcm's in 3.08s
                      Doing aes-128-gcm for 3s on 16384 size blocks: 15772 aes-128-gcm's in 3.09s
                      OpenSSL 1.1.1a-freebsd 20 Nov 2018
                      built on: reproducible build, date unspecified
                      options:bn(64,64) rc4(8x,int) des(int) aes(partial) idea(int) blowfish(ptr)
                      compiler: clang
                      The 'numbers' are in 1000s of bytes per second processed.
                      type 16 bytes 64 bytes 256 bytes 1024 bytes 8192 bytes 16384 bytes
                      aes-128-gcm 65904.02k 77740.47k 81972.82k 83137.82k 83638.57k 83525.96k

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                      • JeGrJ
                        JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Of course it's slow, the ENV command disables AES-NI. Did you read what @viragomann or @jimp wrote?

                        @viragomann said in openvpn no option for AES-NI:

                        Run openssl speed without stating an engine.
                        openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm

                        than run it again with AES-NI turned off:
                        OPENSSL_ia32cap="-0x200000200000000" openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm

                        So of course your test with the ENV in front is slow:

                        @yon-0 said in openvpn no option for AES-NI:

                        env OPENSSL_ia32cap="-0x200000200000000" openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm

                        ...
                        aes-128-gcm 65904.02k 77740.47k 81972.82k 83137.82k 83638.57k 83525.96k

                        compared to the one before without the ENV trigger:

                        openssl speed -elapsed -evp aes-128-gcm
                        ...
                        aes-128-gcm 223257.45k 683793.45k 1276418.05k 1592591.84k 1677789.34k 1686279.07k

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