On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 13:02, Salatiel Filho<salatiel.filho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 13:00, Salatiel Filho<salatiel.filho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:24, Heinz Diehl<htd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 06.08.2009, Henrik Theiling wrote:
>>>
>>>> Fascinating. I thought Serpent was universally the slowest of the
>>>> three big algorithms (AES/Rijndael, Twofish, Serpent) that was used if
>>>> you wanted highest security margins. Your speed test results come
>>>> quite unexpected for me...
>>>
>>> The question is: how has this been measured, and is it faster on both read
>>> and write operations? E.g. a simple "hdparm -tT /dev/xxx" is not sufficient.
>>>
>> I just encrypted the partition , put some random data there [i do not
>> care about write speed in this particular storage, it is just a NAS
>> (ARM 266 + 128RAM running debian lenny)], then drop_caches , export
>> the data using nfs, mount from another machine and copy that file.
>> Repeated the proccess using aes and using serpent. Serpent is much faster ...
>> I really don't know which cipher is/shouldbe faster, but serpent gives
>> me a great speed ...
>>
>>> How about a bonnie++ run, e.g. something like
>>> "bonnie++ -u htd:users -d /mnt/test -s 16016m -m liesel -n 16:100000:16:6"
> i will try to do this tonight.
>
I changed the bonnie parameters cause this machine is really slow and
it has only 128Mb RAM. Here are the results, which i'd be glad if
someone could explain then to me :)
# bonnie++ -d /mnt -f -n0 -m serpent -s 250
[ext4,cipher=serpent-cbc-essiv:sha256,size=256]
Using uid:1000, gid:1000.
Writing intelligently...done
Rewriting...done
Reading intelligently...done
start 'em...done...done...done...
Version 1.03d ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input-
--Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block--
--Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP
/sec %CP
serpent 250M 1607 5 910 3 2403 3
126.8 3
serpent,250M,,,1607,5,910,3,,,2403,3,126.8,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,
# bonnie++ -d /mnt -f -n0 -m aes -s 250
[ext4,cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256,size=256]
Using uid:1000, gid:1000.
Writing intelligently...done
Rewriting...done
Reading intelligently...done
start 'em...done...done...done...
Version 1.03d ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input-
--Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block--
--Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP
/sec %CP
aes 256M 623 2 400 1 1319 1
116.2 3
aes,256M,,,623,2,400,1,,,1319,1,116.2,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> []'s
>> Salatiel
>>
>> "O maior prazer do inteligente é bancar o idiota
>> diante de um idiota que banca o inteligente".
>>
>
>
>
> --
> []'s
> Salatiel
>
> "O maior prazer do inteligente é bancar o idiota
> diante de um idiota que banca o inteligente".
>
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Salatiel
"O maior prazer do inteligente é bancar o idiota
diante de um idiota que banca o inteligente".
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