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    AES-NI?

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      usual
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      I'm new to pfsense.

      I have an openvpn server running on the 2.3 RC.

      How can I set it to take advantage of AES-NI on my i3 and how can I verify that it is using it?

      Should I change any other settings to help from a hardware/CPU perspective?

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        heper
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        as there are no GCM cyphers available in the current implementation of openvpn, the performance gain is minimal. its confirmed to be in openvpn-2.4, no clue when that will be released.
        https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/301

        openvpn uses the openssl library, that library automagically uses aes-ni if available.
        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=94553.0

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