hello,
I've done some testing with RB433 and IPSEC performance.
I have noticed something strange or maybe normal.. not sure.
如果我在建议使用MD5认证。Algorithem then I get:
1. AES-128 -> 15 Mbit/s
2. 3DES -> 5,5 Mbit/s
But If I use SHA1 in Proposal Auth. Algorithem then I get:
1. AES-128 -> 2 Mbit/s
2. 3DES -> 1,7 Mbit/s
RB433 CPU is always on 100% load
Copy large file via SMB from one LAN to Another (Win7 Pro)
I also tried IPSEC to Cisco ASA on one end and the speed is the same.. Cisco is not the limiting factor!
I thought Encrption Algorithm is the performance factor and not the Auth Algorithm.
Is such difference normal (MD5 vs SHA1)?
What that IPSEC Hardware Acceleration (RB1000) accelerate (SHA1/MD5 or 3DES/AES encription)?
Re: IPSEC performance MD5 vs SHA
Hi,
this is something that has been found several times before.
But, as far as i know, nobody ever found a fitting conclusion why this is happening.
I have three ideas...
1) mipsbe architecture is very bad at performing the mathematical operations required for sha-1
2) sha-1 hashing algorithm implementation used is badly optimized for mipsbe.
3) sha-1 is terribly slow by nature
However, I don't know if that also affects other routerboard architectures.
this is something that has been found several times before.
But, as far as i know, nobody ever found a fitting conclusion why this is happening.
I have three ideas...
1) mipsbe architecture is very bad at performing the mathematical operations required for sha-1
2) sha-1 hashing algorithm implementation used is badly optimized for mipsbe.
3) sha-1 is terribly slow by nature
However, I don't know if that also affects other routerboard architectures.
Re: IPSEC performance MD5 vs SHA
Please see attached performance comparision of RB450 and RB450G using openssl test:
http://open-wrt.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?id=22323
http://open-wrt.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?id=22323
Re: IPSEC performance MD5 vs SHA
That rules out 1) and 3) (slower but not terribly) and leaves '2) sha-1 hashing algorithm implementation used is badly optimized for mipsbe' ?Please see attached performance comparision of RB450 and RB450G using openssl test:
http://open-wrt.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?id=22323
Re: IPSEC performance MD5 vs SHA
It may be. I did test on x86 and difference is not that large.That rules out 1) and 3) (slower but not terribly) and leaves '2) sha-1 hashing algorithm implementation used is badly optimized for mipsbe' ?
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[ayufan@neutron ~] $ openssl speed md5 sha1 OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010 built on: Thu Feb 10 20:02:37 UTC 2011 options:bn(64,32) md2(int) rc4(idx,int) des(ptr,risc1,16,long) aes(partial) blowfish(idx) compiler: gcc -fPIC -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -march=i686 -Wa,--noexecstack -g -Wall -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_PART_WORDS -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DSHA1_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DRMD160_ASM -DAES_ASM available timing options: TIMES TIMEB HZ=100 [sysconf value] timing function used: times The 'numbers' are in 1000s of bytes per second processed. type 16 bytes 64 bytes 256 bytes 1024 bytes 8192 bytes md5 6296.04k 23606.95k 74073.86k 161270.41k 245812.06k sha1 6449.26k 21310.82k 54162.41k 88180.78k 108096.04k [ayufan@neutron ~] $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 28 model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1600.035 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni est ssse3 movbe hypervisor bogomips : 3200.07 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 28 model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1600.035 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni est ssse3 movbe hypervisor bogomips : 3200.07 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual power management:Re: IPSEC performance MD5 vs SHA
Thanx for clarification..
It would be nice if someone from Mikrotik would respond to this and not just users..
I was reading IPSEC mikrotik wiki and found that only AES is hardware accelerated.
I would like to know the difference between MD5 ans SHA on RB1200..
Need real world numbers..
Anyone..
It would be nice if someone from Mikrotik would respond to this and not just users..
I was reading IPSEC mikrotik wiki and found that only AES is hardware accelerated.
I would like to know the difference between MD5 ans SHA on RB1200..
Need real world numbers..
Anyone..
Re: IPSEC performance MD5 vs SHA
Thanx for clarification..
It would be nice if someone from Mikrotik would respond to this and not just users..
I was reading IPSEC mikrotik wiki and found that only AES is hardware accelerated.
I would like to know the difference between MD5 ans SHA on RB1200..
Need real world numbers..
Anyone..
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